President Biden and former President Trump are tied in a recent national survey around six months before the Election Day.
The USA Today/Suffolk University poll found that Biden and Trump each got around 37 percent support from registered voters. Another 12 percent stated they are still undecided.
Other independent candidates also got some support when voters were asked who they would choose if the election occurred today. Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got 8 percent of support in the new poll, while approximately 5 percent of voters selected other third-party or independent candidates.
The survey also revealed that voters’ opinions are not completely decided six months prior to the election. Twenty-four percent of all participants, including 43 percent of independent voters, said that it’s possible their opinions could change before they cast their ballots in November.
Pollsters observed that Biden and Trump received similar levels of support among independents, with Trump getting 27 percent and Biden receiving 26 percent. USA Today pointed out that Biden’s support among independents rose by 5 points in its national poll since it was last conducted in January, while Trump lost 4 points.
USA Today also mentioned that Biden has made slight improvements in its national poll since January, when Trump had a narrow 3-point lead. Additionally, the news outlet stated that Biden’s support among Black voters increased by 7 points since January to 64 percent, while Trump’s remained the same at 12 percent.
The poll was carried out through live telephone interviews with 1,000 registered voters between April 30 and May 3 and has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.
Many other national polls also indicate a close contest between the two leading candidates. The Hill/Decision Desk HQ’s national polling average of a head-to-head matchup shows both Biden and Trump each receiving about 45 percent support.
