Vice President Kamala Harris continues to trail former President Donald Trump following the Democratic National Convention, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll.
The poll released on Thursday said: i got you Of 1,893 likely voters, 48% support Trump, two points ahead of Harris at 46%. Three percent of respondents are undecided.
Independents are leading Trump by an 8-point margin over Harris, 49 percent to 41 percent, and both candidates are supported by 82 percent of their party's voters.
The margin of error (MOE) is plus or minus 3 percentage points and the polls were conducted on August 22, the final day of the Democratic National Convention, and August 25-28.
According to polling site @IApolls2022 on X, Trump's approval rating has steadily declined in Rasmussen polls since Harris became the candidate. On July 24, Trump had a 7-point lead, but on August 13, he lost a 4-point lead, and on August 21, he had a 3-point lead, at 49 percent and 46 percent, respectively.
But the latest polls, taken just days after her acceptance speech, showed that Harris had failed to take the lead from Trump or increase her approval rating by a single point, suggesting her momentum is faltering.
Candidates typically see a noticeable surge in popularity after their conventions, but Harris didn't see that here.
The poll also comes after longtime Democratic strategist James Carville warned about Trump's historical record of outperforming the polls.
“The goal is to do well in November, and I tell Democrats to be careful about this. First of all, most people say you have to win the popular vote by three votes to win the Electoral College,” Carville said. “So even if the polls say we're leading by two votes, if the polls are right, we're actually leading by one vote.”
By Carville's logic, the other two polls released Thursday don't bode well for Harris.
Quinnipiac University Poll carried out In the Aug. 23-27 election after the convention, Harris led Trump 49% to 48%, with 2% undecided. In the four-way race, Harris had 49% to Trump 47%, and the Green Party's Jill Stein and the Libertarian Party's Chase Oliver were tied at 1%.
The poll was conducted among 1,611 voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.
a The Wall Street Journal vote carried out The Aug. 24-28 poll found Harris with 48 percent support nationally to Trump's 47 percent. Harris held a 2-point lead among the larger field. The sample included 1,500 registered voters and has an MOE of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
