With the presidential election just 9 days away on the 27th, nationwide opinion polls continue to show that Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump are locked in a close race within the margin of error. However, while an ABC poll showed Vice President Harris widening the gap with former President Trump somewhat, a CBS poll showed the gap narrowing, indicating that the race is continuing to be unpredictable.<\/p>\n
According to an ABC poll conducted with Ipsos from the 18th to the 22nd of 2,808 adults nationwide and released today, Vice President Harris received 49% support among registered voters, while former President Trump received 47% support. Among likely voters (with a margin of error of \u00b12.5 percentage points), Harris had a slight lead over Trump, with 51%, compared to 47% for Trump.<\/p>\n
This figure is an increase from the 2-percentage point gap in the previous survey earlier this month (Harris 50%, Trump 48%). Harris had an edge among women (+14 percentage points), blacks (+83 percentage points), Hispanics (+30 percentage points), and college graduates (+22 percentage points), while Trump had an edge among men (+6 percentage points), whites (+11 percentage points), and those with a high school diploma or less (+11 percentage points).<\/p>\n
In this survey, Harris showed a significant lead among black voters, a group that had been considered weaker than other Democratic candidates, such as President Joe Biden. For example, Vice President Harris surpassed former President Trump not only among black women (+88 percentage points) but also men (+74 percentage points), which is a higher margin than President Biden’s margin in the 2020 exit polls (black men +60 percentage points, women +81 percentage points). However, among Hispanics, Vice President Harris secured a similar gap in support over former President Trump in the 2020 exit polls among male voters, but the gap narrowed among female voters (+39 percentage points \u2192 +32 percentage points).<\/p>\n
In a poll conducted by CBS and YouGov from the 23rd to the 25th of 2,161 registered voters nationwide and released today, 50% of respondents (margin of error \u00b12.6 percentage points) who intended to vote said they would choose Vice President Harris, while 49% said they would choose former President Trump. Vice President Harris had a 4-point lead over former President Trump nationally after the September debate, but that has now narrowed to 1 point, CBS reported. In a poll targeting voters living in swing states, Vice President Harris and former President Trump were tied at 50%.<\/p>\n
The outlet reported that Vice President Harris had a 3%-point lead in swing states in September, but two weeks ago, it had dropped to 1% and the same number this time. The CBS poll also confirmed that economic issues significantly supported former President Trump.<\/p>\n
When asked which candidate\u2019s economic policies would be more financially helpful, 30% chose Vice President Harris and 44% chose former President Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"