Former President Donald Trump received more good polling news on Sunday, while President Joe Biden appears to struggle to appeal to Americans ahead of the November presidential election.
While Biden has seen improvement in some recent national and state-level polls, overall the Democratic incumbent appears to be fighting an uphill battle against his Republican rival. Trump and Biden are polarizing figures, with many polls showing that they are unpopular with a majority of Americans.
The latest poll from CNN/SSRS showed that majorities of Americans now view Trump's presidency as a success and Biden's presidency as a failure. Among those surveyed, 55 percent said they view the former Republican president's White House term as successful, whereas 61 percent say they view the current Democratic president's tenure as a failure.
Notably, CNN polling from January 2021, shortly after the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, showed 55 percent of Americans viewed Trump's presidency as a failure.
In the new poll, Biden also trails Trump in a head-to-head matchup as well as in a race including third-party candidates.
Head-to-head, Trump leads Biden by 6 points, with 49 percent compared to the incumbent president's 43 percent. That's a 2-point decrease for Biden since a CNN poll in January, while Trump's support has remained stable.
The former president also leads Biden among young voters. The Democratic incumbent has the support of just 40 percent of voters under the age of 35, whereas his Republican rival has the backing of a slim majority, 51 percent.
The poll was conducted from April 18 to 23 and included a random national sample of 1,212 adults drawn from a probability-based panel. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.4 points.
Newsweek reached out to the Trump and Biden campaigns via email for comment on Sunday morning.
The CNN poll comes as polling averages in the key battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin show Trump leading Biden in all of them.
In Arizona, Trump currently leads Biden 43.2 percent to 39.7 percent, according to ABC News' polling analysis site FiveThirtyEight's average. The Republican has the backing 45.6 percent compared to the Democrat's 39.3 percent in Georgia.
Meanwhile, Trump is at 42.8 percent and Biden has 39.6 percent in Michigan. The FiveThirtyEight average for Nevada has the Republican at 43.3 percent and the Democrat at 37.2 percent. In North Carolina, Trump is at 45.1 percent compared to Biden's 39.7 percent.
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are closer contests, but Trump still leads. The Republican leads 43 percent to the Democrat's 41.9 percent in Pennsylvania, and 42 percent to 40.8 percent in Wisconsin.
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