A new poll has found that Donald Trump has narrowed the gap with his political rival, Joe Biden.
The survey, carried out from August 12-15, found that Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris had a national 4-point advantage over Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at 50%-46%.
The 4-point advantage given to the Democrats was on the cusp of the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
In the 15 crucial battleground states, the gap had closed even further with Biden given just a 1-point lead over Trump at 49%-48%.
The movement among voters nationwide towards Trump and Pence since June is concentrated among men and those between the age of 35 and 64.
A new national poll has found that Donald Trump has narrowed the gap with his political rival, Joe Biden. Above, Trump pictured during a press conference in New Jersey
The CNN survey indicated that Biden has a smaller lead over Trump than previous polls have shown.
It marks a major shift as the same poll from June had Biden up 14 points at 55 per cent, and Trump at 41 percent.
The survey’s results were published on Sunday and comes ahead of the two parties’ major political conventions.
Among the 72 per cent of voters who say they are either extremely or very enthusiastic about taking to the polls in November, Biden’s advantage over Trump widens to 53%-46%.
The gap is narrower among voters who live in 15 crucial swing states, where Biden has the support of 49 per cent of registered voters whereas Trump has 48 per cent.
The poll listed the battleground states as Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.
The CNN survey indicated that Biden has a smaller lead over Trump than previous polls have shown. Above, Biden speaks during a press conference in Delaware
Trump has strengthened his support from his partisans, according to the findings.
While 8 per cent of Republicans or Republican-leaning independents said they would back Biden in June, now only 4 per cent say they will support the Democratic candidate.
But the survey indicated that Trump’s voters are a bit more likely to say that they could change their minds by November, with 12 per cent saying they could, while just 7 per cent of Biden’s backers said they were likely to be swayed.
The poll found that it was men who had changed their mind to lean more towards Trump since June, with 56 per cent backing Trump and 40 per cent backing Biden.
Voters between the ages of 35 to 64 were Biden-leading in June but now tilt towards backing Trump.
Overall, Trump has advanced his backing among conservatives from 76 per cent to 85 per cent.
Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate was rated as excellent or pretty good by 52 per cent of those polled.
57 per cent said it reflects favorably on Biden’s ability to make important presidential decisions.
The CNN poll was carried out on a random national sample of 1,108 adults reached on landlines or cellphones.
Overall, Trump has advanced his backing among conservatives from 76 percent to 85 percent
In comparison, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Sunday found that 50 percent of US voters intend to vote for Biden this November, compared with 41 percent backing Trump.
However, the results show that Biden has failed to create much enthusiasm among the electorate as his positive rating stands at 39 per cent – a five point increase from the outlets’ previous poll last month.
‘This poll is a warning for Democrats and the Biden team that there is still a lot of work to be done,’ Peter Hart, a Democratic pollster who worked on the survey told the Wall Street Journal.