The new survey found that the former vice president's poll lead had fallen by three percentage points over the last week.
Former Vice President Joe Biden's lead over President Donald Trump has fallen by three points over the last week, according to new polling data.found that Biden led Trump by six points among registered voters, with 45 percent backing the challenger and 39 percent favoring the incumbent.
The former vice president also had a four-point lead among Independent voters. A third of the group said they would back Biden, while 29 percent said the same of Trump. When the same poll was published last week, the presumptive Democratic nominee had a nine-point lead on the president, with 47 percent of polled voters saying they would back Biden as only 38 percent opted for Trump. The former vice president also had a stronger eight-point lead among Independent voters polled last week. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with his cabinet in the East Room of the White House on May 19, 2020 in Washington, D.C.still puts Biden ahead of Trump by 5.3 percentage points nationwide. The former vice president is also leading the president by several points in key battleground states—including Florida, Michigan and Pennsylvania. In their latest survey, Ipsos pollsters also found that President Donald Trump's coronavirus approval rating remained steady this week as the U.S. death toll topped 100,000 on Wednesday. Forty-one percent of polled U.S. adults said they approved of the president's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic—down by just a single point on last week. Fifty-three percent told Ipsos they disapproved of Trump's handling of the outbreak, giving the commander-in-chief a net disapproval rating of 12 percentage points. When the same poll was conducted the week before, the president's net coronavirus disapproval rating was at 10 percentage points. Trump's rating on healthcare reform will make harder reading for the president and his team—with just 38 percent of polled Americans approving of his handling of the issue and 52 percent disapproving.
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