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  • US Election: Freshly conducted mock polls reveals Trump defeats Biden in battleground states

    US Election: Freshly conducted mock polls reveals Trump defeats Biden in battleground states

    United States President,  Joe Biden has been edged by rival Donald Trump in a freshly organized mock  polls in  crucial battleground states in the country.

    US presidential elections is billed to take place in November 2024, but a Wall Street Journal survey released  indicated Trump had the edge over the president in six of the seven states polled: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina.

    The survey showed Trump holds a six-point lead over Biden in North Carolina in a ballot that also includes third-party and independent candidates.

    Trump also has a five-point lead in Arizona, a four-point edge in Nevada, and three-point advantages in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

    Meanwhile, the former president edges Biden by a single point in Georgia, with the two tied in Wisconsin.

    Trump held similar leads when those questioned were given a head-to-head matchup between the former president and Biden.

    It wpuld be recalled that Biden narrowly edged Trump in all the battlegrounds tested, other than North Carolina, to win the White House in 2020.

    However, the new survey revealed that Biden also had a negative job performance rating in all seven battleground states.

    On the flip side, voters in every state except Nevada had a favorable opinion of Trump’s time in the White House.

    Respondents who participated in the survey said they trust Trump to handle the economy and immigration over Biden, while the Democrat president, however, was the preferred candidate to deal with the issue of abortion.

    Recent concerns over Biden’s physical fitness was also mirrored in the polling results as about 48% of voters believe Trump is more fit to serve as president over only 28% who see Biden as having the mental and physical fitness to serve another four-year term as president.

  • 2019: Arewa Youth to conduct mock election for Buhari, Atiku, others

    The Arewa Consultative Youths Movement (ACMY) says it will conduct a mock election for top presidential aspirants from the North to ascertain their popularity ahead of the 2019 general election.

    ACMY President, Kabiru Yusuf, stated this on Thursday in Abuja while speaking at the National Delegate Congress of the movement.

    Yusuf, who had just been re-elected at the congress, said the aspirants would include President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, among others.

    He explained that the essence was to ensure that members of the movement give their support to a youth friendly aspirant that would share their aspirations and visions for Nigerian youth toward a developed and united country.

    “We shall in due course, conduct a mock election with a view to feeling the pulse of Arewa Youth in Nigeria and eventually decide on a most prospective candidate.

    “The mock election will soon commence on our website, and it will last for a period of 60 days before the announcement of the results.

    “I enjoin all of us to think critically about this, before we make our choice and to mobilise our members to take active part.

    “There cannot be a better chance for us to contribute to give Nigeria the kind of leadership it deserves in the 21st century, “Mr Yusuf said.

    He called on youth across the country to ensure that they register and obtain their Permanent Voters´ Card (PVC) ahead of the 2019 general elections.

    Yusuf stressed that it was time for members of the movement to enthrone good leadership in the country, because according to him, the country´s past leaders had failed the people.

    “We must take the bull by the horn, we must change the narrative, the time to make this correction is now, and we must not delay any more,” he said.

    Yusuf added that it is now the responsibility of northern youth to ensure that the poverty and insecurity in the region were tackled head on.

    He maintained that those benefiting from the poverty in the land must be stopped, because the education and general wellbeing of the youth in the region were not their priority.

    “They have failed us, in line with that, we shall focus on the 2019 general elections, it is yet another chance to correct the leadership problems facing the North and Nigeria generally,” Mr Yusuf said.

    He said the movement is poised to give Nigerians a candidate that would rebuild and unify the country as well as obey the rule of law.

    He noted that several politicians and aspirants had indicated interest in the coming presidential election, saying that the movement had, therefore, short listed notable ones as likely candidates from the North.

    This, he said, included but not limited to: President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Aminu Tambuwal, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, former governors of Kaduna and Jigawa States, Ahmed Makarfi and Sule Lamido.

    He thanked the Almighty Allah and those who ensured his re-election and assured them that he would leave up to the expectations.

    Yusuf also thanked those who contested the election with him for accepting the majority decision.

    “Tomorrow provides another chance, but before then, we shall work closely to bring succour to our people, our land and Nigeria at large,” he said.