Joe Biden’s lead over President Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head presidential race has plummeted — though he remains ahead of the commander in chief, according to a a new poll revealed Wednesday.
The former veep leads Trump by 5 percentage points, 41% to 36%, among 1,997 registered voters in the new Morning Consult/Politico survey testing the hypothetical Election Day matchup — roughly half the 11-point lead he had in a June survey conducted before the Democratic Party’s first debates.
Some of the president’s biggest gains came among women and the youngest voters, two groups that are typically seen as some of his weakest voting blocs.
Trump trailed Biden by 11 points among women in the latest poll, conducted Oct. 25-28, compared to a 20-point gap in June, according to the poll.
And while he still lags 14 points behind Biden among voters ages 18 to 29, that’s a big improvement on the 28-point deficit he faced in June.
Independents are also falling in line with the incumbent, as Biden’s 1-point lead among those voters is down from an 11-point edge in June.
But the poll was not all good news for the commander in chief, with just 43% of respondents approving of his job performance while 54% disapproved, an 11-point gap.



