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Here’s who leads in the most important electoral battlegrounds in 2024

Here’s who leads in the most important electoral battlegrounds in 2024

Top line

The swing state race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is effectively tied, with the latest New York Times pre-election poll showing Harris leading in four of seven states, Trump leading in one and tied in the other two – though polling averages they do not show an advantage of any candidate in any of the seven battlefields by more than 2.5 points.

Key facts

Pennsylvania: It couldn’t be closer – the balance of candidates is 48% according to both the New York Times and Siena questionnaire (margin of error 3.5 points) and the Morning Consult survey with Three Other ties last week, while Harris holds a 50-48% lead in Marist vote and 48-47% in the Washington Post. voteand in a large group it has an advantage of 49-48%. A study of cooperative elections poll, although Trump was up 47-46% on Wednesday. Quinnipiac vote. Trump leads Harris by 0.2 points in FiveThirtyEight’s poll average.

Georgia: Harris has a 48%-47% lead in the New York Times/Siena poll and Trump has a 50%-48% lead in the Morning Consult poll, while Trump has a 48%-47% lead on Thursday CNN/SSRS poll (margin of error 4.7), and in the CES survey (2,663 respondents) advanced by a much greater 51%-46%. Trump leads by 1.5 points in FiveThirtyEight poll average.

Michigan: Harris and Trump each have 47% of the vote in the New York Times/Siena questionnairealthough Harris is up 49%-48% on the year Morning consultation poll and 51%-48% in Marist survey along with Three Other surveys which gave Harris the lead while Trump has a rare lead in Washington Post poll. released on Thursday, which shows him with a 47%-45% lead among registered voters and a 49%-48% lead in Emerson’s study released on Tuesday (margin of error 3 points). Harris is ahead in Michigan by 0.7 points in FiveThirtyEight’s rankings poll average.

Wisconsin: Harris leads 49%-47% in the New York Times/Siena vote50%-48% at Marist questionnaire50%-47% in CES survey (1,542 respondents), 51%-45% in CNN/SSRS poll and 50%-49% wt Marquette Pollwhile Trump is roughly one point ahead (rounded to 48-48%) Morning consultationTrump rose 49% to 48% for Emerson questionnaireand both candidates’ Quinnipiac score is 48%. vote. Harris is favored by 0.8 points in FiveThirtyEight’s average.

Nevada: The New York Times/Siena vote shows Harris leading Trump 49-46% while Emerson leads vote published on Friday showed Harris ahead 48%-47% (margin of error 3.6 points), and at CES she was up 51%-47% questionnaire (933 respondents), although Trump has a 48-47% lead in CNN/SSRS questionnaire published on Tuesday (margin of error 4.6 points). Trump is 0.7 points ahead of FiveThirtyEight poll average.

Arizona: Trump leads 49%-45% in the New York Times/Siena voteadvanced by 51%-47% in the CES survey (2,066 respondents) and led by 50%-49% in the Marist survey vote released October 24 (margin of error 3.7) and 49%-46% in the Washington Post-Schar school vote (margin of error 5) while Morning consultation shows a 48%-48% tie, with Harris leading 48%-47% by weight CNN/SSRS poll will be released this week (4.4 margin of error). Trump gains 2.6 points in FiveThirtyEight’s ratings poll average.

A large number

1 point. That’s Harris’ lead in the FiveThirtyEight national poll average.

Tangent

According to a new HarrisX/Forbes poll a statistical tie on Thursday, but 14% of swing state voters are still weighing their options, meaning there’s plenty of room to swing the race.

Key background

Harris became the Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race on July 21 in an intraparty revolt over his debate performance that dramatically changed Democrats’ fortunes. Before the change, polls consistently showed Trump would beat Biden in most battleground states, even though Biden won six of seven (except North Carolina) in the 2020 election.

Further reading

Trump vs. Trump 2024 Harris Polls: Harris Holds Lead in 4 New Polls (Forbes)

Trump-Harris Michigan Polls 2024: Harris has a slight lead in one of her most important states (Forbes)

2024 Trump-Harris Pennsylvania Polls: Harris Is Less Than 1 Point Ahead in Polling Averages (Forbes)

2024 Trump-Harris North Carolina Polls: Near Tie in New 7th Swing State (Forbes)

Georgia 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Most polls show Trump ahead in key swing state (Forbes)

2024 Trump-Harris Nevada polls: Harris has a slight lead but struggles with Latino voters (Forbes)

Wisconsin 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Latest polls show Trump with slight lead (Forbes)

Trump-Harris Arizona Polls 2024: Trump Has the Lead in Latest Swing State Poll (Forbes)