Biden Falls Behind Trump in Battleground States if a Third Candidate Emerges

In the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election, if a Green Party candidate runs, there is a forecast that President Joe Biden could lose to former President Donald Trump in Michigan, one of the battleground states.

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Emerson College announced on the 4th (local time) that in a poll conducted on April 1-2 among 1,121 Michigan voters, when Green Party candidate Cornell West was added to the two hypothetical candidates, former President Trump received 43% support, while President Biden received 41%. West was found to have 4% support.

In a hypothetical two-way race excluding West, President Biden and former President Trump were tied at 44% each.

Michigan is one of the regions classified as part of the "Rust Belt" and is considered a key battleground state that determines the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. Since 1980, except for two elections (2000 and 2004), the candidate who won Michigan was elected U.S. president.

The U.S. Democratic Party is concerned that the emergence of a third candidate could lead to a repeat of the 2016 election scenario. In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Green Party candidate Jill Stein ran and is considered to have split the Democratic vote.

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