(28 July 2020)  The US general election is scheduled for November 3, 2020. It will result the election of either former Vice President Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States or the re-election of incumbent US President Donald Trump for a second term.

 

Polling data from RealClearPolitics shows that during July President Trump reduced the polling gap to strengthen his position against Biden. According to the latest RealClearPolitics poll, 49.6% of respondents support Biden, 40.9% support Trump - an 8.67 percentage point gap. In June, according to the same polling data, the gap with Biden was 12 percentage points.

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