A new Fox News poll released Thursday shows former Vice President Joe Biden widening his lead over President Trump, with 50 percent of respondents saying they would vote for Biden compared to 38 percent for Trump.
In May, Biden was up by 8 percentage points, 48 percent to 40 percent. Independents now favor Biden over Trump, 39 to 17 percent, but 43 percent are undecided or said they will support someone else.
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Looking at Trump's job performance, 44 percent of respondents approve of how he is doing, compared to 55 percent who disapprove. In the wake of anti-racism and police brutality protests triggered by the death of George Floyd, 61 percent said they disapprove of how Trump is handling race relations in the country.
Trump is also underperforming with two of his key groups: white evangelical Christians and rural voters. He is up 41 points with white evangelicals and 9 points with rural voters, but in 2016, he won the evangelical vote by 64 points and was up by 27 points in rural areas.
The Fox News Poll was conducted June 13 to 16, with 1,343 registered voters participating via phone. The poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
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