Trump leads Biden by EIGHT POINTS in Michigan but it's a dead heat in Pennsylvania: New swing state poll shows ex-president still has the advantage, but more than half don't like either candidate

Donald Trump is leading Joe Biden in the crucial swing state of Michigan, a new poll found, but the two men are tied in another critical battleground: Pennsylvania.

The new poll from CNN/SSRS was conducted after both men had wrapped up their respective party's presidential nominations. The survey also discovered a distinct lack of enthusiasm among the electorate: most voters weren't pleased with having a repeat of the 2020 election. 

Biden won both states four years ago - flipping back to Democrats after Trump won them in the 2016 contest. The incumbent president's campaign sees Pennsylvania and Michigan as critical to Biden's quest for a second term. 

But voters in Michigan favored Trump with 50% to Biden's 42%. And, in Pennsylvania, it was a tie with 46% for each candidate. And just 47% of voters in Pennsylvania and 46% in Michigan say they're satisfied with this year's presidential candidates.

The CNN poll found that the majority of voters in each state had already made up their mind on who they would vote for in November.

However, in a sign of hope for each campaign, about a quarter of voters said they could change their mind.

That small margin would be enough to swing the state to either contender.

In each state Biden struggled to win support of young voters, many of whom are unhappy with his handling of the war in the Middle East. 

In Pennsylvania, Biden did well among women, voters of color, college graduates and independent voters. In Michigan, Biden did less well with voters of color and trailed Trump among independent voters. 

The CNN survey also found, when it added candidates Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Cornel West to the mix, there was significant support for Kennedy at great cost for Biden.

In Pennsylvania, 40% choose Trump, 38% Biden, 16% Kennedy and 4% West, while in Michigan, voters went 40% Trump, 34% Biden, 18% Kennedy and 4% West.

The Biden campaign has worried Kennedy would draw support from the president.

Both states were close in the 2020 contest: Biden won Michigan by 3 points and Pennsylvania by a mere one point. 

President Joe Biden poses for a photo with Hurley "HJ" Coleman IV and his father Hurley Coleman III, left, as he arrives for a campaign event in Saginaw, Michigan

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has significant support in both Michigan and Pennsylvania

Biden was in Michigan last week to court black voters. The president faces significant opposition there from his members of his own party over his policy in the Middle East. 

During the primary in that state, 13% of Democrats voted 'uncommitted' instead of for the president, citing his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.

That added up to more than 100,000 voters across the state, raising concerns about Biden's general election prospects after he beat Trump by only 154,000 votes in Michigan in 2020. 

Biden also has spent a lot of time in Pennsylvania, which he considers a second home state. Biden was born in Scranton and moved to Delaware as a child. 

He kicked off his post-State of the Union travel blitz in Pennsylvania.