Who is leading the latest polls in the presidential race? Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?
With over a week left in the campaign period, the latest polls show Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in a dead heat, indicating a race too close to call.
Both the Republican and Democratic camps are working hard in the swing states in the final days of the campaign period, fully aware of how close this election will be.
Various pollsters have been releasing the results of their surveys as we head closer to Election Day, and though their numbers differ, they all indicate that November 5 will be a razor-thin race.
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Who is leading the latest polls in the presidential race? Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?
According to the last national poll conducted by the New York Times and Siena College from Oct. 20 to 23, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are deadlocked at 48%, after potential voters were asked, “If the 2024 presidential election were held today, who would you vote for if the candidates were Kamala Harris and Donald Trump?”
The Times reports that over the last week or so, some high-quality polls have also showed a tied race, or Trump overtaking Harris.
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Apart from its own poll, the media organization provides a running average of several national polls. As of Oct 27, the national average has Harris with a slim lead of 49% to Trump’s 48%.
The earlier lead of the Democratic candidate when she was first announced to replace President Joseph Biden as the party’s standard bearer appears to be dwindling according to the most recent surveys.
However, Harris and Trump are still basically neck and neck in polling averages of the battleground states that will likely decide the outcome of the election.
Survey results will probably change by the time Election Day rolls around, but because the polls have been exceptionally close, even if these numbers are just slightly off, the final result could go either way.