Trump leads Harris by 1 point: new national poll

Former President Donald Trump is leading Vice President Kamala Harris by one po🃏int natiওonally in the 2024 White House race, according to a new poll.

The , released Wednesday, shows the ex-commander-in-chief leading the vice president 50% to 49%🦩 in a head-to-head race. 

The results of the survey are the same as Fox News’ July poll, which also showed Trum🌸p, 78, leading Harris, 59, by 1 point. 

When third-party candidates were included, Trump and Harris were tied at 45% su🐻pport♉ apiece. 

Independent presidential candidate Robert✱ꩵ F. Kennedy Jr. received 6% support in the expanded poll, down from his 15% November 2023 high and his 10% backing in July. 

More voters supporting Trump in the two-way race (9%) backed Kennedy when given the ⛦option than Harris sup♕porters did (7%). 

The poll found that slightly more Democrats are supporting Harrജis (94%) than Republicans are supporting Trump (93%), but Indepe✨ndents are backing the former president over the vice president by 8 points. 

Trump is also retaining more support from his 2020 campaign backers (95%) than Harris is from President Biden’s 2020 supporters (93%).  

A majority of voters find both candidates unlikeable, with Harris being viewed unfavorably by 51% and Trump by 53% 🙈– which representsཧ his best rating in more than four years. 

Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, was viewed more fav🍷🍬orably than GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance, according to the poll. 

Walz, who has faced critici♉sm over allegations that he embellished his military record, is viewed positively by 41% and unfavorably by 39%, whereas Vance was underwater by 13 percentage points (38𝕴% favorable and 51% unfavorable). 

Most voters named the economy as their top issue heading into November (38%), followed by immigration and abortio🌼n at 14% apiece. 

Trump was more trusteﷺd than Harris to handle the economy as president by a 6-point margin, but the poll notes that the GOP nominee held double-digit leads over Biden on the economy before he dropped out of the race last mont🔜h. 

Despite Trump’s slim lead nationally, in the crucial swing states that will determine the oℱutcome of the election, Harris appears to have 🐭the advantage. 

A Cook Political Report survey released earlier on Wednesday showed the vice president topping or tied with Trump in all but one battleground state. 

On average, Harris held a 48%-47% lead over Trump in the top seven battleground states — ahead in all but Georgia, where they tied, and Nevada, where the former president eked out an edge.