Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican
Donald Trump after President
Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a
Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
That compares with a marginal two-point deficit Biden faced against Trump in last week's poll before his Sunday exit from the race.
The new poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, followed both the Republican National Convention where Trump on Thursday formally accepted the nomination and Biden's announcement on Sunday he was leaving the race and endorsing Harris.