New York, Sept. 18 -- Washington:A poll of Indian Americans has found that 66% of respondents favor Democrat Joe Biden for President in November, while President Donald Trump has made considerable headway, coming up from 16% in 2016, according to the Indiaspora-AAPI Data survey released on Tuesday.

Significantly, Indian Americans' support for Biden is far lower than the 77% support for Hillary Clinton in 2016, and the brutal 84% that President Barack Obama got in 2012.

The poll also affirmed the growing clout of the Indian American community's 1.8 million registered voters - 56% of them reported being contacted by Democrats and 48% by Republicans, compared to only 31% reached by any party in 2016.

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