NBC News Poll Shows Trump Is Only Four Points Behind Biden
Morning Joe took a look at some new polling, and chewed it endlessly to see what it means.
"We have some new NBC polling to get to. Vaughn Hillyard, let's first talk about your reporting on Democrats really concerned about 2024 and Trump," Jonathan Lemire said.
"This reporting stemmed from a lot of private conversations of Democrats who are concerned heading into November of 2024," Hillyard said.
"Not with necessarily their side of the ticket, to be clear, but also an understanding of what Donald Trump and what kind of referring to the potent minority brings here. That is where this new NBC polling makes it very clear just what that support for Donald Trump could look like in a general election.
"I had conversations with Mandela Barnes, who narrowly lost his Wisconsin senate race last year to Ron Johnson, a close ally to Donald Trump. I talked to Tim Ryan, who lost by a decent margin in the Ohio senate race to trump ally J.D. Vance. There are realities in these battleground states that in 2020, Donald Trump turned out a record number of votes on behalf of the Republican nominee. In each of the battleground states, more than any Republican nominee ever. That's where these conversations are heading. If you look at the new numbers from NBC polling, this is where that begins to open up that conversation."