Trump tops Biden by 8 points in Georgia poll

Former President Trump is leading President Biden by 8 percentage points among registered voters in Georgia, according to a new poll.

The survey, released Tuesday by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, showed 45 percent of Peach State voters would support Trump, compared to 37 percent who would support Biden, if the election were held today and they were their respective party’s nominee.

Many respondents were still not committed to either candidate — with 6.5 percent saying they would support another candidate, nearly 6 percent saying they would not vote and about 6 percent saying they weren’t sure.

A significant share of independents also said they are either not voting for Biden (13.8 percent) or still don’t know which candidate they will support (10.7 percent), according to the poll.

While Biden still leads among self-described moderates and independents, his support is not quite strong enough to overcome Trump’s lead in Georgia, a state with more registered Republican voters than Democrats.

Roughly 50 percent of moderates said they support Biden, compared to 26.4 percent who support Trump and 10.2 percent who say they support another candidate. Among independents, Biden leads with 38.4 percent support, compared to Trump’s 27.7 percent, and another 9.4 percent said they support another candidate.

Biden and Trump received comparable support from their respective parties and self-described liberals and conservatives, respectively.

Biden gets more than 84 percent of Democrats’ support, as Trump gets 82.5 percent of Republicans’ support, per the survey. Biden also garnered 74.4 percent of liberal support, and the former president brought in 75 percent of conservatives.

The poll was released as Trump emerged from Monday’s Iowa caucuses, the GOP primary race’s first nominating contest, with a commanding lead over his opponents. As of Tuesday morning, the former president was poised to take the victory in 98 out of 99 counties in the Hawkeye State, according to election data from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ.

Yet, he faces a year with four criminal court battles looming, including in Georgia — where he and 18 former allies face charges of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act for their alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state.

The AJC poll was conducted Jan. 3-11 by the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs among 1,007 registered voters in the state. It has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.