New poll shows Biden winning this key swing state by 10 points after First Lady snapped 'No he's not losing' and president accused media of not reporting surveys in which he is beating Trump

• Franklin & Marshall poll shows Biden at 48 percent and Trump at 38 percent in Pennsylvania 
• Race is much closer with third party candidates included but Biden keeps edge
• Another poll this week shows Biden trailing Trump in six key battleground states 

Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump by double-digits in the key election battleground state of Pennsylvania, where the president was born, according to a stunning new poll.

It was a rare piece of good polling news for Biden after recent surveys showed him trailing Trump in a host of swing states.

The Franklin & Marshall College Poll out Thursday shows Biden at 48 percent among registered voters in Pennsylvania and Trump on 38 percent.

It came a day after First Lady Jill Biden pushed back against reports that her husband is trailing Trump.

‘No, he’s not losing in all the battleground states,’ she told CBS Mornings on Wednesday.

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at a campaign event in Wallingford, PA on March 8

Trump speaking at an NRA presidential forum on February 9 in Harrisburg, PA

Pennsylvania was one of the biggest battlegrounds of 2016 and 2020 elections, and is set to be again this time.

The latest poll shows that, when possible third party candidates are included, the race is much closer.

In that scenario Biden polls at 42 percent to Trump’s 40 percent. Robert Kennedy Jr. polls at 9 percent while Green Party candidate Jill Stein gets 3 percent.

Biden won the state by just over 80,000 votes in 2020.

The new poll found Pennsylvania registered voters believe Biden better understands the concerns of ordinary Americans over Trump by 41 to 37 percent.

It also found Biden to be more honest and trustworthy by 43 percent to Trump’s 28 percent.

Biden leads on who has the character and good judgement to be president by 44 to 31 percent.

However, 40 percent also said Biden, 81, was too old to serve while only 6 percent said Trump, 77, was too old. Another 40 percent said both are too old.

Jill Biden announced the first ever state dinner for teachers

Trump is ahead of Biden in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada and Pennsylvania, while the two are tied in Wisconsin when it’s just Trump and Biden on the ballot

The poll showed voters said Biden had the closest views to their own on abortion, the top issue in the state.

But Trump did better on handling the economy by 48 percent to 39 percent. He also is seen as the candidate to better handle the job as commander in chief of the military by 43 to 41 percent.

While the Franklin & Marshall poll showed Biden with a sizable lead in the state, several other polls conducted in Pennsylvania in March showed the race tied or Trump with a slight edge.

On Wednesday, a Wall Street Journal poll found Biden losing to Trump in six out of seven battleground states including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina , Nevada and Pennsylvania. They were tied in Wisconsin.

Responding to that Jill Biden said: ‘I feel that Joe will be re-elected. He’s coming up even or doing better. So you know what, once people start to focus in and they see their two choices, it’s obvious that Joe will win this election.’

President Biden has rejected poll numbers saying it’s too early to believe them.

He has also accused the media of not reporting on polls that are favorable to him.

‘While we probably haven’t read a lot about it, in the last few days, there have been several national polls showing us leading now,’ Biden said during a campaign stop last week in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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