US Vice President Kamala Harris has taken a lead over her Republican presidential rival Donald Trump in a number of key battleground states, together with Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania, in keeping with a number of polls printed right here.
Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, enjoys a slight lead over former President Trump in Michigan, in keeping with the newest ballot launched by the UMass Lowell Heart for Public Opinion and YouGov. Harris has a slim 48 p.c to 43 p.c lead within the Nice Lakes state in opposition to Trump, he mentioned.
“For a swing state, this margin is sweet information for the vice chairman’s marketing campaign,” mentioned Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, assistant professor of political science at UMass Lowell and affiliate director of the Heart for Public Opinion.
If Trump desires to beat this margin, he has an uphill battle to combat within the Nice Lakes state. “The Trump marketing campaign,” Castro Cornejo mentioned, “has a destructive favorability in Michigan that have to be overcome in the event that they need to stay aggressive within the state.”
Harris has 48 p.c to Trump’s 46 p.c in Pennsylvania, the UMass Lowell Heart for Public Opinion mentioned.
“The presidential race stays very shut in Pennsylvania and the approaching weeks will probably be an important second for each campaigns,” Cornejo mentioned.
“As may be anticipated in a extremely aggressive race with few undecided voters, get-out-the-vote methods will change into more and more vital to mobilize supporters and guarantee they present as much as the polls on Election Day,” he mentioned.
In accordance with a brand new Fox Information ballot, Harris has a slight lead over Trump in Georgia, however is trailing in Arizona.
In Georgia, Harris has 51 p.c of the vote to Trump’s 48 p.c, in keeping with the ballot. Nevertheless, in Arizona, in keeping with the Fox Information ballot, Trump leads Harris by an identical margin. He has the help of 51 p.c to Harris’ 48 p.c.
In accordance with Actual Clear Politics, which tracks all main polls, Trump is 2 share factors behind Harris nationally, whereas within the battleground states there’s a statistical tie. Harris leads Trump by 0.3 share factors in battleground states, he mentioned.