Polls of likely voters conducted by The New York Times and Siena College showed Democratic presidential candidate Harris leading Republican rival Trump by an identical margin of 50 percent to 46 percent in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Under the US electoral college voting system, those three populous Midwestern states are considered key to victory for either party.
Harris’s apparent lead is within the average polling margin of error of 4.5 points.
However, the polls show a shift from previous surveys in those states that for nearly a year had shown Trump tied or slightly ahead of Democratic President Joe Biden.
Biden dropped out of the White House race last month and endorsed Harris instead. The poll also showed voters still prefer Trump on the key issues of the economy and immigration, though Harris held a 24-point lead when voters were asked who they trust on the abortion issue. The Trump campaign responded to the new polls, questioning their methodology and suggesting they were released “with the clear intent and purpose of depressing support for President Trump.”
Much can change in the nearly three months until the November 5 elections.
Democrats, however, have been encouraged by the groundswell of enthusiasm that has greeted Harris’s candidacy, with many expressing relief after Biden, 81, stepped aside.
His announcement Tuesday of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as his running mate also appears to have energized Democrats.
The Harris-Walz surge helped stem a surge in support for Trump that followed the July 13 assassination attempt on him and the Republicans’ successful national convention last month.
But Harris has enjoyed an even bigger surge in favorability — up 10 points among registered voters in Pennsylvania in just one month, according to the Times/Siena poll.
Voters said they saw her as smarter than Trump and better-tempered to govern.
Trump, his running mate JD Vance and other Republicans have attempted a series of attacks aimed at undermining Harris, with Trump even questioning her racial identity.
But new polls show Democrats strongly backing Harris, a younger, more vigorous woman who, along with Walz, has been campaigning at a frenetic pace this week in key states.
According to polls, voter satisfaction among Democrats with their candidates has increased by 27 points in the three Midwestern states since May. Three months ago, it was Republicans who expressed the highest level of satisfaction.
The polls were conducted between August 5 and 9, with at least 600 voters in each state.
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