Poll shows Harris leads in six swing states
As the 2024 presidential race enters its final stretch, new polling shows Vice President Kamala Harris has a thin lead over former President Donald Trump in all of the swing states, apart from one.
According to a new Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll, Harris is leading Trump in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, while the two are tied in Georgia at 49% each.
Harris holds her largest lead in Nevada, where she is ahead by seven points, with 52% to Trump's 45%.
In Pennsylvania, she leads by five points, polling at 51% compared to Trump's 46%.
Harris also leads by three points in Arizona (50% to 47%), Michigan (50% to 47%), and Wisconsin (51% to 48%).
Her smallest advantage is in North Carolina, where she is ahead by two points with 50% to Trump's 48%.
Harris' lead in five of the seven states, excluding Nevada and Pennsylvania, is within the poll's margin of error, underscoring the closeness of the race.
Morning Consult pointed out that "Harris has widened her trust advantage over Trump on the cost of health care and housing, largely erased his lead when it comes to the cost of living and the availability of good jobs, and overtaken him marginally on the issue of taxes — all while posting better numbers on the matters than Biden ever did during his now-abandoned 2024 campaign."
And those numbers matter. According to the poll, 2 in 3 voters selected the cost of everyday goods as among their top three economic concerns, followed by the cost of health care (33%), housing (29%) and everyday services (29%).
The data shows the housing issue is slightly elevated in Nevada (39%), while health care carries extra weight in Michigan and Wisconsin (36%) and everyday services draws outsized attention in Pennsylvania (36%).
