Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are locked in a close race across seven key battleground states as the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election approaches, according to a recent Washington Post/Schar School opinion poll released on Monday.
Harris, the Democratic nominee following President Joe Biden’s decision to step aside in July, leads likely voters in Georgia with 51% compared to Trump’s 47%.
Meanwhile, Trump holds a slight advantage in Arizona, garnering 49% to Harris’s 46%.
Both results are within the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points, based on a survey of 5,016 registered voters conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct. 15.
In addition to Georgia, Harris has a lead in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin states where she is set to campaign later today alongside Republican former U.S. Representative Liz Cheney.
Trump, however, is ahead in North Carolina and is tied with Harris in Nevada, each at 48%.
The former president, 78, is pursuing his third consecutive campaign for the White House after his loss to Biden, while Harris, 60, aims to strengthen the Democratic Party’s coalition of young voters, women, and people of color, as well as attract disillusioned Republicans.
Monday’s poll results align with recent surveys indicating a neck-and-neck contest in these seven states as Election Day nears, even as Harris shows a slight national advantage in some polls. Overall, 49% of likely voters expressed support for Harris, while 48% favored Trump.
In a separate Reuters/Ipsos poll last week, Harris maintained a marginal lead of 45% to 42% among registered voters.
The ultimate outcome will depend on the state-by-state results of the Electoral College, making these battleground states crucial as the campaigns intensify.
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