An opinion poll showed that potential Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden leads US President Donald Trump in public opinion polls by a difference of eight percentage points between registered voters.
The poll, conducted by Reuters / Ipsos and published on Tuesday, revealed that the number of Americans critical of Trump has increased over the past month, at a time when the number of deaths due to the Corona virus pandemic is rising.
The poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, showed that 41% of adult Americans supported Trump's performance in office, four points behind a similar survey conducted in mid-April, and 56% did not support Trump, an increase of five% in the same time period.
The poll also found that 46% of registered voters said they would support Biden in the November 3 presidential election, while only 38% would vote for Trump. Biden was only two percentage points ahead in the Reuters / Ipsos poll last week.
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criticism, Americans seem to be increasingly critical of Trump's handling of the health crisis. According to the poll, those who do not agree with Trump's performance in the epidemic response department in the country, are 13% more likely to agree to his performance, the highest level of disagreement since the poll began posing this question in early March.
Biden usually leads Trump over opinion polls this year, but his lead has been shrinking steadily until this week. And public opinion believes that Trump is stronger in providing jobs, while Biden is more appropriate in dealing with health issues.
1112 American adults responded to the survey, of whom 973 identified themselves as registered voters. The margin of error in the survey is about four percentage points, with an increase or decrease.