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Here’s who’s leading the key 2024 election battlegrounds

Here’s who’s leading the key 2024 election battlegrounds

Top line

The race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is virtually tied, with new polls on Tuesday showing Trump with a slim lead in Nevada and Georgia.

Key facts

Georgia: Trump leads by four points, 47% to 43%, in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of likely voters released Tuesday, while a Washington Post-Schar poll released Monday found Harris ahead by four points, 51% to 47%, following a Quinnipiac poll released last week that showed Trump leading 52% to 45%. Trump leads by 1.6 points in the FiveThirtyEight polling average.

Nevada: Trump is ahead by one point, 47% to 46%, in an AARP poll released Tuesday, and they are tied at 48% in the Washington Post-Schar poll, while a Wall Street Journal poll released on March 11 October found Trump up by 5 points. Harris leads by 0.2 points in the FiveThirtyEight polling average.

Arizona: Trump is ahead by three points, 49% to 46%, in the Washington Post-Schar School poll, consistent with a CBS/YouGov poll from last week that showed Trump leading Harris 51% to 48%, although the Journal poll found Harris with a two-point lead, 47% to 45%. Trump is up 1.9 points in the FiveThirtyEight polling average.

North Carolina: Trump was up three points, 50% to 47%, in the Washington Post-Schar poll, while Harris had a two-point lead, 49% to 47%, in the Quinnipiac poll. The FiveThirtyEight average shows him with a 0.9 point lead.

Pennsylvania: Harris leads by two points, 49% to 47%, in the Washington Post-Schar poll; she had a three-point lead, 50% to 47% (closer to four points when not rounded), in a pair of New York As Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena College polls were released on October 12, and the Wall Street Journal poll found Trump with a one-point lead. Trump leads Harris by 0.4 points in the FiveThirtyEight polling average.

Michigan: Harris is ahead by two points, 49% to 47%, in the Washington Post-Schar poll, consistent with Wall Street Journal findings that also showed her ahead by two points, while an Oct. 9 Quinnipiac poll found Trump led by three points. , 50% to 47%. Harris is up just 0.1 point in Michigan in the FiveThirtyEight polling average.

Wisconsin: Harris holds a three-point lead, 50% to 47%, in the Washington Post-Schar poll, a one-point lead in the Journal poll, and Trump leads Harris by two points, 48% to 46%, in the October poll. 9 Quinnipiac Research. Harris rose 0.4 points in the FiveThirtyEight average.

Large number

0.9. That’s how many points Harris leads Trump in the RealClearPolitics national polling average, while the FiveThirtyEight average shows her up 1.7 points.

Main fund

Harris became the Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21 amid an intraparty uproar following her debate performance — drastically changing the Democrats’ fortunes. Before the change, polls consistently found that Trump would beat Biden in most swing states, despite Biden winning six of seven (with the exception of North Carolina) in the 2020 election.

Further reading

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

Trump-Harris Michigan 2024 Polls: Harris Narrowly Leads in One of Her Most Important States (Forbes)

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

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

Trump-Harris Georgia 2024 Polls: Most Polls Show Trump Ahead in Crucial Swing State (Forbes)

Trump-Harris Nevada 2024 Polls: Harris Has Narrow Lead — But Struggles With Latino Voters (Forbes)

Trump-Harris Wisconsin 2024 Polls: Latest Polls Show Trump With Slight Lead (Forbes)

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