Ahead of the United States presidential election, a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll shows that President Joe Biden is virtually tied with former President Donald Trump.
This is even as a majority of Biden’s supporters say he should drop out.
Fox News digital reports that the poll shows that Americans are split 46-47 per cent between Biden and Trump if the election were held today, according to the poll.
The report said that the results did not meaningfully shift from a pre-debate poll, which showed a 44-46 per cent divide between the two candidates.
However, the report said that Biden does appear to have suffered politically from his poor performance at the CNN Presidential Debate in Atlanta.
Sixty-seven percent overall said he should withdraw from the race. A larger number, 85 per cent said he is too old for a second term, a record high for the survey.
Biden insists he is in the race to win and will not withdraw, but 62 per cent of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents said he should step aside, this includes 54 per cent who identified as Biden supporters.