Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden saw a significant increase in his favor among voters directly after the Democratic National Convention (DNC) held last week has shown new polls.
Biden and his running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris, both saw an increase in their overall favoritism, according to a poll conducted by ABC News and Ipsos on Friday and Saturday. In the wake of the DNC, held from August 17 to 20, about 45 percent of Americans now see Biden favorably compared to just 40 percent prior to the convention – an increase of 5 percentage points. Harris saw a jump of 6 points, with 41 percent now seeing her favorably compared to 35 percent for the convention.
Among Democrats, 86 percent now consider Biden favorable – an increase of 7 percent over the 79 percent prior to the DNC. Harris’ favor remains somewhat lower among Democrats, with 77 percent now favoring her.
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The general favoritism of President Donald Trump has remained more or less unusual, but is double that of Biden. Just under one-third of voters (32 percent) consider the introduced Republican president favorable. Meanwhile, his displeasure has reached 60 percent. When it comes to Vice President Mike Pence, only 30 percent see him favorably, while 46 percent see him unfavorably.
The ABC News / Ipsos poll results matched another poll conducted by Axios and SurveyMonkey on Thursday and Friday when it arrived at the Democratic candidates. That survey found that 44 percent of voters generally consider Biden favorable. When it came to Harris, her net favorable rating was 39 percent.
But the Republican candidates were favorably viewed by a significantly larger number of the question by Axios / Survey Monkey compared to the ABC News / Ipsos poll. Trump was almost allied with Biden, with 42 percent of respondents seeing the president favorably – as 10 percentage points larger than the other poll. Pence was favorably viewed by 38 percent of respondents – almost tied to Harris – and 8 percentage points higher than the poll conducted by ABC News / Ipsos.
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Separate polling by Morning Consult showed just a slight uptick in the percentage of voters who say they will vote for Biden after the convention in November. While 51 percent said they cast their ballot for the Democratic candidate before the DNC, that number increased by 1 percentage point to 52 percent after the convention. The amount Trump supports remained unchanged at 43 percent before and after the DNC.
By comparison, Biden appears to be in a significantly better position than Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016. Following the convention, Morning Consult polling data was supported by just 43 percent of voters, compared to 40 percent prior to the DNC. That shows Biden has a 9-point advantage over the former Democratic presidential candidate. The former vice president is currently also 9 points ahead of the introduced president, while Clinton was at the same time only 3 percent ahead in her campaign.
