Kamala Harris is now in a decent race with Donald Trump in 4 Solar Belt states the place President Joe Biden was struggling simply earlier than he dropped out of the race, based on a Fox News poll released Wednesday.
The vp had a slim lead, throughout the margin of error, towards Trump in Georgia, Arizona and Nevada whereas the previous president had a equally slight edge in North Carolina in a ballot that got here after the Democratic conference and suggests momentum in her marketing campaign.
The ballot comes because the vp was firstly of a bus tour of rural Georgia together with her working mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in hopes of repeating Biden’s 2020 win within the battleground state.
Trump’s marketing campaign rapidly dismissed Fox Information for “atrocious” polling in an announcement that mentioned the candidate is forward of the place he was in 2020 in Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and elsewhere.
The Fox ballot, performed Aug. 23-26, discovered Harris up amongst registered voters by 1 share level in Arizona and a pair of factors in Nevada. It mentioned Trump was forward by 1 level in North Carolina.
Earlier Fox surveys confirmed Biden trailing Trump by 5 or 6 factors in every Solar Belt state.
The brand new ballot discovered that Trump has misplaced 6 share factors of help amongst white evangelical Christians in Solar Belt states since he ran in 2020, dropping from 83 p.c to 77 p.c. His help amongst Black voters, nevertheless, practically tripled, from 7 p.c to 19 p.c.
Harris’ enchancment within the ballot for the Democratic ticket is pushed by a big margin — 79 p.c — amongst Black voters, a key demographic the place Biden’s help had eroded since 2020 and whose help, notably amongst girls, is essential to a Democratic victory.
In down-ballot races in Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, Democratic candidates maintain huge leads within the Fox ballot.
Within the Arizona Senate race, Democrat Ruben Gallego leads Republican Kari Lake by 15 factors. Democrat Jacky Rosen is forward of Republican Sam Brown by 14 factors within the Nevada Senate race. Within the governor’s race in North Carolina, Democrat Josh Stein leads Republican Mark Robinson by 11 factors.
The Fox battleground polls surveyed 4,053 registered voters with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 share factors for every particular person state. The mixed pattern has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 share factors.
