More voters in six key swing states say they trust former President Donald Trump to do a better job than President Joe Biden handling threats to democracy in the U.S., according to a poll by The Washington Post.
The Post's survey, conducted with the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, involved voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — all states Biden narrowly won in the 2020 election.
Among the voters who participated in the survey, 64% were labeled "deciders" by the Post because they are sporadic or uncommitted voters who likely will play a pivotal role in deciding this year's presidential contest.
Asked which candidate would do a better job handling threats to democracy in the U.S., 44% of overall voters in the six swing states say Trump and 33% say Biden, the Post survey results found. Another 16% were undecided and 7% say "both equally."
Trump also gets the nod among deciders with 38% compared to Biden's 29%, with 23% undecided, and 10% saying both equally.
The findings show that Biden's attempts to characterize Trump as a threat to democracy are not resonating among voters.
"Many Americans don't recognize Biden's custodianship of our democracy, which is a bad sign for his campaign," Justin Gest, a professor of policy and government at George Mason University, told the Post.
The survey's results found that threats to democracy are second only to the economy among issues extremely important to battleground-state voters. However, the outlet noted that specific groups of voters define threats differently.
Among the swing state voters, 61% say threats to democracy in the U.S. are extremely important. Majorities of Trump voters (71%), Biden voters (78%), and deciders (56%) all agree the issue is extremely important.
The Post survey also asked swing-state voters, "How satisfied are you with the way democracy is working in the United States?"
Only 40% of swing-state voters — including 40% of Biden voters and just 24% of Trump voters — say they are very or somewhat satisfied with the way democracy is working.
Swing-state voters who are not too satisfied or not at all satisfied include 60% overall, 37% of Biden voters and a whopping 76% of Trump voters.
The Post/George Mason poll was conducted April 15 to May 30 among 3,513 voters. Results for the overall sample of voters in key states have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.0 percentage points.
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