Polls Finds Kamala Harris Taking Lead From Trump in States He Was Running Away with Just Weeks Ago

Zachary LeemanAug 17th, 2024, 8:51 am
 

 

Kamala Harris Beating Trump By As Much As 8 Pts — With Massive 21-Point Swing In Favorability

New surveys from The New York Times/Siena College show Vice President Kamala Harris has put four Sun Belt states in contention, taking the lead in two.

Harris has edged ahead of Donald Trump in Arizona and North Carolina and tightened the margin in Nevada and Georgia compared to when President Joe Biden was still running for reelection. The polls, conducted August 8-15, show Harris and Trump averaging a tie of 48% across the four states.

According to Times/Siena data taken when Biden was still running, Trump was leading the president 50% to 41% in Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada. North Carolina was not included in those surveys, but Trump won the state in both 2016 and 2020. Harris has closed some of these gaps with the vice president pulling 50% to Trump’s 45% in Arizona and 49% compared to Trump’s 47% in North Carolina.

In Georgia, Trump still holds the lead with 50% compared to Harris’s 46% and in Nevada he leads by one point, pulling 48% compared to Harris’s 47%. The margin of error for the Times poll is 4.4% for Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada and 4.2% for North Carolina results.

Independent candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. pulled the highest of all third party candidates in the states in the surveys, but he only pulled 4%, meaning his support has been slashed by half in recent weeks.

Harris has also grown in favorability, according to the new data with 48% saying they have a very or somewhat favorable opinion of the vice president. In a February survey, Harris’s unfavorable score was ahead by 19% while now she’s running even. Trump has remained unchanged in this department, pulling a 48% favorable rating compared to 50% unfavorable.

Voters who were polled were also asked who could “unify” the country as president and 46% backed Harris compared to 42% who backed Trump.

The surveys follow Harris rolling out an economic plan on Friday that includes a federal ban on food price gouging and proposed tax cuts.

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Zachary Leeman covered pop culture and politics at outlets such as Breitbart, LifeZette, BizPac Review, HollywoodinToto, and others. He is the author of the novel Nigh. He joined Mediaite in 2022.