Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are nearly tied in Pennsylvania and Georgia, states that will likely decide the outcome of the 2024 election, according to a poll released Wednesday.
CNN/SSRS Survey In terms of voter turnout, Trump and Harris each have 47% support in Pennsylvania, while the vice president leads the 45th president in Georgia, 48% to 47%.
Of the 35 electoral votes at stake, either candidate would likely win if they win both states that President Biden won in 2020, given the close race.
Biden won the Keystone State by just 1.2 percentage points four years ago and the Peach State by just 0.23 percentage points.
Elsewhere in the race, Harris is leading Trump in Michigan (48% to 43%) and Wisconsin (50% to 44%), both of which are outside the poll's margin of error.
The Michigan survey found that 4% of voters would back Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent who suspended his campaign last month to back Trump but is struggling to remove his name from Michigan's ballot.
Trump is leading Harris within the margin of error in Arizona, with 49% of voters supporting the Republican Party and 44% supporting the Democrat.
In Nevada, Harris is narrowly leading Trump, 48% to 47%.
The poll, conducted after last month's Democratic National Convention and seen by many as Ms Harris' first big opportunity to make her case to voters, suggests the vice president failed to impress enough to take a clear lead over her rivals in key states.
The debate between Harris and Trump, scheduled for Sept. 10 in Philadelphia, will be the next big opportunity for either candidate to extend their lead in the race.
A CNN/SSRS poll found that between 11% and 15% of voters said they were willing to change their mind about their candidate choice, depending on the state.
Republican groups plan to spend more than $110 million on advertising in Pennsylvania and Georgia by the end of the year, more than any other battleground state. According to a CNN ad spend analysis:.
The CNN/SSRS poll was conducted online and by telephone from Aug. 23-29.
The sample sizes were 676 in Arizona (margin of error 4.7%), 615 in Georgia (margin of error 4.7%), 694 in Michigan (margin of error 4.9%), 613 in Nevada (margin of error 4.9%), 777 in Pennsylvania (margin of error 4.7%), and 967 in Wisconsin (margin of error 4.4%).
