Biden’s widely panned performance in last month’s debate with Trump has slightly shifted the polling landscape.
President Joe Biden’s chances of losing to former President Donald Trump in this year’s presidential election have declined only slightly in recent weeks despite concerns about the president’s fitness, according to recent polls.
Biden has been under mounting pressure following a lethargic and at times confusing performance in his June 27 debate with Trump, prompting at least 18 sitting Democratic lawmakers to call on him to step down and make way for a different nominee.
While many polls have shown that Biden has suffered a loss of support since the debate, the race remains essentially deadlocked, as Trump’s lead over the president is still well within the margin of error in most polls that show Biden trailing.
An average of recent polls from polling website FiveThirtyEight shows that Trump has a 2.1 percent lead over Biden nationally, up from a 0.2 percent lead on the day of the debate.
New national polls released this week by YouGov/The Economist and Ipsos/ /ABC News show Trump with a 3-point lead and the race even, respectively.
