WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Voters over age 50 in the important thing battleground state of Arizona strongly favor Donald Trump in November’s election rematch, a brand new ballot from the U.S.’s largest group for older Individuals exhibits, highlighting a possible new weak point in Democrat Joe Biden’s help.
Arizona voters general favor Republican Trump over Biden by 45% to 37%, with 11% of help going to impartial candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the American Affiliation of Retired Individuals (AARP) ballot launched on Wednesday exhibits.
Trump’s lead is best amongst voters ages 50 and older, at 49% to 39%, the ballot exhibits, exhibiting a contemporary weak point for Biden, whose help amongst voters with out faculty levels, younger voters and Black voters has dropped since 2020. Amongst ladies voters solely age 50 and older, Biden is tied in Arizona, the AARP ballot exhibits.
Exit polls by NBC Information after the 2020 election confirmed Arizona voters over 50 favored Trump by a margin of 52% to 47% for Biden; CNN exit polls confirmed Arizona voters aged 50 to 64 favored Trump 55% to 45%, whereas these over 65 favored him by simply 50% to 49%.
Biden received Arizona by lower than 11,000 votes in 2020.
Biden’s weak point within the AARP ballot is not reflective of a broader occasion cut up. Arizona voters general favor Democrat Ruben Gallego over Republican Kari Lake 48% to 45% within the state’s race for a U.S. Senate seat, whereas the 2 candidates are tied with over-50s.
On Thursday, Biden’s marketing campaign kicks off “Seniors for Biden-Harris” in Arizona with bingo occasions in Arizona. First woman Jill Biden is touring to Arizona on Saturday to talk to seniors.
Biden has lowered prices for insulin and different pharmaceuticals, handed guidelines that make listening to aids cheaper, and pledged to guard funding for Social Safety, the U.S. authorities pension program.
In March, the Biden marketing campaign mentioned it will assault Trump over Republican threats to chop Social Safety and Medicare in the important thing states of Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, with an promoting marketing campaign and several other press conferences.