Kamala Harris keeps riding a Good Polling wave….
Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald Trump in five of seven battleground states, according to new polling shared first with Semafor that shows a tight presidential election.
Harris leads Trump in Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Nevada when third parties are factored in, according to new polling from British firm Focaldata which was conducted online between Aug. 6-16. In some cases, her lead is extremely slim, well within the margin of error; in Pennsylvania, for instance, Harris has a single percentage-point advantage (she leads Trump 48% to 47%). Meanwhile, Trump leads Harris 46% to 45% in Arizona and 49% to 45% in Georgia — both states that voted for President Joe Biden in 2020.
The polling adds to the growing body of evidence of Harris’ momentum since she took over the nomination from Biden one month ago. Biden had been trailing Trump in many states, according to polling in the lead-up to his exit from the race, especially in the Sun Belt states that include Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, and North Carolina….
Harris Improves Among Low Engagement Voters
A new Cook Political Report poll finds Kamala Harris leads among high-engagement voters by the same four point margin Biden led in May, 50% to 46%.
But the secret to her surge is that she’s arrowed Trump’s lead among low/mid-engagement voters from 51%-41% to 48%-45%.
Vice President Harris boasts a 13-point lead over former President Trump among women voters in a new poll, a notable edge with a major voting bloc that could be critical for her ticket in November….
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