Joe Biden Is Now Beating Donald Trump With Republican Pollsters As Well

Is Joe Biden the Favorite Now?
Joe Biden holds a narrow lead over Donald Trump ahead of the November presidential election, according to a new poll. Photo Illustration by Newsweek/Getty Images

Joe Biden is narrowly beating Donald Trump ahead of November's presidential election, according to a new poll.

The survey, conducted on 1,020 likely voters between April 12 and 14, revealed that 49 percent of respondents would either definitely, probably or lean to voting for Biden, while 46 percent would opt for Trump.

However, the poll had a margin of error of +/- 3.9 percentage points, which means the pair are statistically tied.

The survey was carried out by Echelon Insights, which was co-founded by the former Republican digital strategist Patrick Ruffini and the pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson.

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