Former President Donald Trump is seeing a surge in support as the presidential election draws near. Recent national polls indicate that Trump is gaining ground after initially losing momentum when Vice President Kamala Harris rose to prominence on the Democratic ticket.
According to an ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted from October 4th to October 8th, Harris leads Trump by a narrow margin of 50 percent to 48 percent among likely voters. Among all registered voters, her lead narrows further to 49 percent to 47 percent. The margin of error for this poll is two points, making it a close race.
This marks an improvement for Trump since mid-September when he trailed Harris by five points in the same poll. A CBS/YouGov poll conducted from October 8th to October 11th also shows Harris with a slight edge of 51 percent to Trump’s 48 percent among likely voters. However, this lead falls within the margin of error of 2.3 percent.
An NBC poll conducted from October 4th to October 8th depicts a tied race at 48 percent each among registered voters. This represents a one-point decline for Harris and a four-point gain for Trump since last month. When other candidates are included in the survey, Trump pulls ahead with a lead of one point.
In battleground states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—according to a Wall Street Journal poll—Trump holds a slight advantage over Harris among registered voters with results showing him leading by one point in North Carolina and Pennsylvania and by five points in Nevada.
A New York Times/Siena College poll gives Harris the lead in Pennsylvania at fifty percent compared to Trump’s forty-seven percent. In Arizona, however, it’s reversed with Trump leading at fifty-one percent over Harris’s forty-six.
these latest polls suggest that the race is tightening as we approach the final three weeks before Election Day. Both candidates are intensifying their campaigns in swing states: Harris plans stops in Pennsylvania Michigan Wisconsin and Georgia while her running mate Minnesota Gov Tim Walz will appear in North Carolina during its early voting period.
Trump will kick off his week with events in Pennsylvania and Georgia followed by solo stops from his vice presidential pick Sen JD Vance (R-Ohio) later on.