Not Much Change In First Major Trump, Biden Poll Post-sotu

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump remain neck and neck in the first major national poll since the State of the Union, released the day after both clinched their party’s nominations for the presidential primary.

Trump saw 40 percent support from surveyed respondents in a hypothetical matchup, according to the USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll released Wednesday — slightly higher than Biden's 38 percent support but within the poll's margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.1 percentage points.

A solid chunk of respondents, 16 percent, said they would opt for an alternative candidate: Green Party candidate Jill Stein, independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, or a candidate for the Libertarian Party or No Labels. Kennedy received the most support of the bunch, with 9 percent of respondents saying they would back him. Only 5 percent said they remain undecided.

With the election still eight months away, about a quarter of respondents said they may change their minds before November — including 15 percent of Trump voters and 14 percent of Biden voters.

Those supporting a third-party or independent candidate were greatly open to changing their minds, the poll found, including 94 percent of Stein supporters and 75 percent of Kennedy supporters.

This means there is still room for each candidate to sway voters towards them.

USA TODAY and Suffolk University conducted the poll of 1,000 registered voters by landline and cell phone between March 8 and 11. There is a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.1 percentage points.