President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are in a virtual tie in a hypothetical matchup, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday.
According to the survey, 47% of respondents would support Biden and 46% would back Trump in a hypothetical general election contest between the two, who are both the overwhelming front-runners in the presidential primaries for their respective parties.
In addition, 3% of respondents said they were undecided, 2% said they would vote for someone else, and 2% said they would not vote.
Quinnipiac said this is the closest polling has been all year on the subject, even though its other surveys have shown a tight race between Biden and Trump. Just last month, however, Biden held his biggest lead over the former president at 49% to 44%.
Other results from the poll include:
* Among independent voters, Biden leads 45% to 41% over the former president.
* The favorability rating for Biden is at 40%, while for Trump only 38% said they have a favorable opinion of him.
* Regarding the federal indictment accusing Trump of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, 54% of respondents said he should be prosecuted on criminal charges, while 42% said he should not be prosecuted.
* Among Democrats and Republicans, those results went overwhelmingly according to party allegiance, but among independents, 57% said the former president should be prosecuted on criminal charges, while only 37% of independents said he should not be prosecuted.
The poll was carried out Aug. 10-14 among 1,818 adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.
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