The two candidates were locked in a tie at 42 percent support apiece.
It was Biden's lowest performance in a Fox News poll since the fall of 2019. The former vice president had a seven-point lead over Trump in similar surveys conducted in February and March. In January, Biden reached 50 percent support from registered voters compared with Trump's 41 percent support.
A Biden-Trump showdown appears to be the most likely outcome of the 2020 election cycle. Biden essentially became the de facto Democratic nominee earlier this week after his only remaining rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, dropped his presidential bid. Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the coronavirus outbreak, at the Hotel Du Pont March 12, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden is the last Democrat standing in the 2020 primary race for president. A new poll from Fox News shows him in a tie with President Donald Trump if the election were held today.It didn't take long after Sanders dropped out for President Trump to begin his attacks on Biden.
Trump's re-election campaign also put out a statement after Sanders bowed out, in which it called Biden a candidate that the president"will destroy in November."
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