A new poll shows that the Democratic and Republican candidates are locked in a tight battle with less than a month until the vote.
A series of opinion polls indicate that Kamala Harris is losing popularity to Donald Trump with less than a month remaining until the US Presidential election.
Harris’ lead over Trump has shrunk or disappeared altogether as the race for the White House nears its final stretch, according to three polls released Sunday.
In the latest NBC News poll, Democratic and Republican candidates were tied nationally at 48 percent heading into the Nov. 5 vote, a turnaround from Harris’ five-point lead in the same poll last month.
In the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll, Harris leads 50% to 48% among likely voters. The Democrat led by 52 percent compared to 46 percent in the same poll last month.
The latest poll conducted by CBS News in collaboration with YouGov showed Harris’ approval rating rising from 51% to 48% among likely voters, compared to a four-point difference last month.
After the latest numbers, Harris leads by 1.4 percent in Real Clear Polling’s total of major polls, down from 2.2 percent on Saturday.
The tightening poll numbers come amid concerns among Democrats that Harris will fail to garner support among Hispanics and African Americans, two of the party’s key constituencies.
While Harris leads among women of all races, she has struggled to generate enthusiasm among men, including African Americans and Latinos, who have increasingly gravitated toward Trump in recent years.
In New York Times/Siena College exit polls released Saturday and Sunday, Harris attracted the support of 78% of black voters and 56% of Hispanic voters, far smaller shares than Democratic candidates won in the 2020 and 2016 elections.
On Thursday, former President Barack Obama warned black men not to show the same amount of enthusiasm for Harris’ candidacy as he did during his 2008 and 2012 campaigns.
“You’re giving all kinds of reasons and excuses, and I have a problem with that,” Obama said during a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of the seven key states expected to decide the outcome of the election.
“Because part of it makes me think — and I’m talking to men directly — part of it makes me think, well, you don’t feel the idea of having a woman president, and you come up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.”
On Sunday, Harris and Trump continued to focus their election campaigns on battleground states, holding events in North Carolina and Arizona, respectively.
At a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina, Harris targeted Trump for spreading misinformation about the government’s response to recent hurricanes.
“The problem with this, beyond the obvious, is that it then makes it difficult to get life-saving information if they’ve been led to believe they can’t trust,” Harris said.
“And that’s the pain of it all, is the idea that people in need are somehow convinced that the forces are working against them in a way that doesn’t make them ask for help.”
Meanwhile, Trump used a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona, to call for the hiring of 10,000 additional Border Patrol agents.
“After I win, I will immediately ask Congress to approve a 10% raise — a raise they haven’t gotten in a long time — for all agents and a $10,000 bonus each for retention and signing,” Trump said. “We’ll keep them.”
