CNN Poll Shows Presidential Race Narrowing - Biden Leads 50% to 46%

CNN Poll Shows Presidential Race Narrowing - Biden Leads 50% to 46%

According to a poll released Monday morning by CNN, former Vice President Joe Biden's lead over President Donald Trump among registered voters has significantly narrowed since June.

The poll was conducted by SSRS.

The poll shows that Biden maintains an advantage over the President on several top issues and his choice of California Sen. Kamala Harris as a running mate earns largely positive reviews.

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This poll is an outlier, as many recent polls have Biden up by as many as 10%.

And on the eve of the party conventions, a majority of voters (53%) are "extremely enthusiastic" about voting in this year's election, a new high in CNN polling in presidential election cycles back to 2003.

 

The poll finds:

Overall, 50% of registered voters back the Biden-Harris ticket, while 46% say they support Trump and Pence, right at the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Among the 72% of voters who say they are either extremely or very enthusiastic about voting this fall, Biden's advantage over Trump widens to 53% to 46%. It is narrower, however, among those voters who live in the states that will have the most impact on the electoral college this fall.

Across 15 battleground states, the survey finds Biden has the backing of 49% of registered voters, while Trump lands at 48%.