Kamala Harris, United States Vice President outshines former President Donald Trump in the race for the White House, with the Democratic and Republican standard-bearers now locked in a dead heat, newly released polling shows.
Harris has closed the gap with Trump nationwide and in key battleground states since becoming the ‘endorsed’ Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential race, according to a series of polls published on Tuesday.
Harris is ahead of Trump in four key battleground states, while the former president is ahead in two, according to a registered voters’ Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll.
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Harris leads Trump in Michigan by 11 percentage points and by two points in Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada, according to the poll. Trump has a four-point advantage in Pennsylvania and a two-point lead in North Carolina, while the pair are tied in Georgia.
Apart from Michigan and Pennsylvania, all results are within the margin of error.
If the outcome of the poll was replicated on election day, the candidate who won Georgia would be elected president. In a poll commissioned by the Democratic super PAC Progress Action Fund, Harris leads Trump 48 per cent to 47 per cent in Georgia, with Trump ahead by two points in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
All the polling results, which were first published by The Hill, were within the margin of error.
In a nationwide Reuters/Ipsos poll, Harris leads Trump 43 per cent to 42 per cent, which is within the margin of error.
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The slew of positive polling comes after Harris rapidly consolidated support among Democrats following Biden’s decision to step aside after months of poor polling driven by concerns about his age and fitness.
Harris, who will be formally named the Democratic nominee on Monday, is expected to announce her running mate within days before embarking on a tour of swing states that will decide the election on November 5.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, among others, have been floated as contenders for the vice presidential pick.
