Just a few days after becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris is virtually tied with her Republican rival, Donald Trump, according to a new New York Times/Siena College poll.

The survey, which was conducted after President Biden announced that he was stepping aside, also showed that 70 percent of Democratic voters said they wanted the party to speedily consolidate behind her rather than engage in a more competitive and drawn-out process. Just 14 percent said they would prefer another candidate.

Overall, Trump leads Harris 48 percent to 47 percent among likely voters nationwide. That’s roughly the same position Biden was in before his disastrous debate performance in June, but it’s a major improvement for Democrats from the past month. Biden trailed Trump by six percentage points in our last poll.

To be clear, the survey is simply a snapshot of the race at this tumultuous moment: Trump’s favorable ratings surged to the highest point in a Times poll after a man tried to assassinate him, and Harris is riding the momentum of a newly energized base. That all could change before November.

Still, my colleague Nate Cohn pinpointed several interesting findings from the poll. For one, 87 percent of voters agreed that Biden did the right thing by stepping aside — which is surprising given that virtually nothing in American politics can unite almost nine in 10 voters.

In related news, Harris traveled to Texas today for a speech that waded into the fiery education debate. Also, the Democratic Party’s fund-raising machine cranked into high gear to support her. Barack Obama, who remains an influential Democrat, is expected to endorse Harris soon.