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The four-day poll, which closed on Monday, showed former
President Trump with the support of 37% of respondents, compared
with 34% support for Biden, at the edge of the survey's 2.9
percentage point margin of error.
Some 10% said they would vote for other candidates; 12% said
they would not vote; and 8% refused to answer the nationwide
poll conducted online with responses from 1,237 U.S. adults.
The poll was conducted in the days after Special Counsel Robert
Hur released a report that declined to charge Biden for taking
classified documents when he left the vice presidency in 2017,
but also described him as a "well-meaning, elderly man with a
poor memory."
The White House has sharply disputed that characterization.
The finding showed a closer race than a poll last month that
found Trump holding a 6 percentage point lead.
It also showed that one potential major political liability
facing Trump is the ongoing four criminal prosecutions he faces.
One in four self-identified Republicans and about half of
independents responding said they would not vote for Trump if he
was convicted of a felony crime by a jury.
A nationwide survey does not capture the subtleties of the
electoral college contest that will be decided this fall in just
a handful of competitive states. The Electoral College results
are the final determinant of the presidential election outcome.
(Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Scott Malone and Leslie
Adler)
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