New Morning Consult presidential election poll: Harris leads Trump

As Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump compete for voters in key swing states, another nationwide survey shows Harris with a slight advantage over her opponent.

The race for the White House were neck and neck as Democrat Harris and Republican Trump took the final steps in their presidential campaigns. With just a week until Election Day, a new poll from Morning Consult shows Harris with a three percentage point lead over Trump.

Morning Consult poll of 8,807 likely voters showed Harris leading Trump 50% to 47%. The poll, conducted from Friday to Sunday (October 25-27), had a margin of error of 1 percentage point.

Released Tuesday morningthe poll comes as Trump plans an evening rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia, and Harris is scheduled to appear at a rally in Washington.

Although Harris’ lead dropped from four percentage points in a similar poll last week, 45% of likely voters say they have recently heard something positive about the Democrat, “maintaining the positive lead she maintained throughout the campaign,” the poll said. Meanwhile, almost half of respondents, 49%, said they had recently heard something negative about Trump.

At the same time, Republicans continue to be favored over Democrats on the economy, national security, crime and immigration. However, the poll shows that Democrats have more confidence in health care, climate change and abortion.

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A poll’s margin of error describes how accurately we can count on the survey results to be representative of the population as a whole.

When a candidate’s lead is “within” the margin of error, it is considered a “statistical tie,” he says. Pew Research Center.

Pew too found that most pollsters have changed their methods since the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, when Trump’s performance was significantly underestimated.

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