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Americans favour Donald Trump over Joe Biden as their next president across several measures, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday (27 June) ahead of the presidential debate.
Trump received a 46% overall favorable rating in the poll, taken June 3-23 after he was convicted by a New York court of 34 felony counts. It was also the highest rating for him since April 2020.
In comparison, Biden received a 37% favorable rating. More Republicans favoured Trump as their party’s nominee (91%) than Democrats supporting Biden (81%).
Trump led the poll in terms of having the necessary "personality and leadership qualities" of a president by eight points. More Americans (49%) also said they agreed with Trump on important issues compared to Biden (37%).
While both candidates are only a few years apart in age, far more Americans said they were "very concerned" about Biden’s advanced age of 81 (59%) than they were about Trump’s 78 (18%). In addition, more than half of Americans (56%) saw Biden as "too liberal" while 44% saw Trump as "too conservative."
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