Public opinion polls nationwide and in US battleground states show that Vice President Kamala Harris continues to increase her strength over rival Donald Trump in the race for the White House.
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According to survey results published on August 9 by FiveThirtyEight, a leading poll analysis website, Ms. Harris is temporarily 2.1 points ahead of Mr. Trump in terms of voter support nationwide. country.
On average in swing states, the female Democratic presidential candidate is leading by 2 points in Michigan, 1.1 points in Pennsylvania and 1.8 points in Wisconsin. Former Republican President Trump leads by less than 0.5 points in Arizona and 0.5 points in Georgia.
In battleground states that do not have enough surveys to calculate an average, Mr. Trump leads by about 3 points in North Carolina and the two candidates are tied in Nevada. Notably, in Nevada, recent surveys by CBS and Bloomberg showed that Ms. Harris was ahead by 2 points, while the Nevada Independent newspaper on August 9 reported that the female vice president had 6 points more credibility than her opponent in the election a new poll.
According to the Guardian newspaper, Ms. Harris, 59 years old, has changed the race for the White House since mid-July, when President Joe Biden, 81 years old, finally heeded the call from his own Democratic party to abandon re-election. contest and give way to a younger candidate to face Mr. Trump, 78 years old. Mr. Biden publicly supported the female deputy general to replace him in the “final match” with the representative of the Republican Party.
Expert Amy Walter of the nonpartisan research organization Cook Political Report told PBS news agency on August 8 that, before Ms. Harris ran for president, Mr. Biden “had fallen significantly behind.” , not only in the national approval rating, but also in battleground states, such as nearly 6 points in Georgia and Nevada.
“Now, in the time that Ms. Harris has been in the race, you’ve seen those numbers shift quite significantly in her favor, by 4-5 points in battleground states. What this reflects we’re seeing in national polls,” Ms. Walter said.
However, this expert noted, the above trend does not turn battleground states from supporting Mr. Trump to supporting Ms. Harris. Instead, it implies that the race is no longer in favor of Mr. Trump like it was at the end of July. And that is why observers call the 2024 US presidential election race an “equal, evenly matched” race.
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