Two polls show Harris doing better than Biden against Trump

WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is performing better than President Joe Biden in battleground states likely to decide the November 5 election, narrowing the gap with Republican Donald Trump, according to an Emerson College/The Hill poll released on Thursday.

The poll showed former President Trump leading in four of the critical states: Arizona 49 per cent to 44 per cent, Georgia 48 per cent to 46 per cent, Michigan 46 per cent to 45 per cent, and Pennsylvania 48 per cent to 46 per cent. Trump and Harris are tied at 47 per cent in Wisconsin, according to the poll.

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Harris surpassed Biden’s performance in an Emerson poll conducted earlier this month in each of the five states.

Harris hit the campaign trail this week after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday and endorsed his vice president.

The latest Emerson poll of registered voters was conducted July 22-23 and had a credibility interval for each state of plus or minus 3.4 per cent.

A nationwide poll released on Thursday by the New York Times/Siena College also showed Harris doing better than Biden against Trump. It showed Trump leading Harris by two percentage points, 48 per cent to 46 per cent, among registered voters, while Trump topped Biden by eight percentage points, 49 per cent to 41 per cent, in a poll conducted three weeks ago.

The New York Times/Siena College poll was of 1,142 registered voters nationwide and had a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.

Trump leads Harris by two per cent among registered voters

A Reuters/Ipsos national poll released on Tuesday showed Harris with a 44 per cent to 42 per cent lead over Trump, a difference within the 3-percentage-point margin of error.

While nationwide surveys give important signals of American support for political candidates, a handful of competitive states typically tilt the balance in the US Electoral College, which ultimately decides who wins a presidential election