Vice President Harris has a slight lead over her political rival, former President Donald Trump, in the battleground state of Georgia, but falls behind the former president by the same margin in Arizona, according to a new poll released Thursday.
According to the latest reports, Ms. Harris has a 3-point lead over Mr. Trump in Georgia (51% approval rating, 48% voter registration rate), maintaining her narrow lead in the Peach State from August. FOX News poll. The Democratic candidate's lead was within the margin of error.
The vice president's biggest lead over Trump was on abortion, with 57% support, compared to the former president's 39%. Trump has done well on the economy and immigration, seen as among the top issues for voters in 2024. The poll found that the former president had double-digit support on immigration, 56% to 41%, while Harris had a narrow lead on the economy, 51% to 47%.
About 52% of Georgians surveyed said Harris would do more to help the middle class, while 45% chose Trump. A similar gap in favor of the vice president existed on the issue of protecting democracy.
Trump has a 0.4 percentage point lead in Georgia, a state he narrowly lost in the 2020 election, according to the latest polls from The Hill/Decision Desk.
In Arizona, the former president held a three-point lead over Harris among likely voters, 51% to 48%, a difference that was within the poll's margin of error. The paper said Trump's lead remained the same even when third-party candidates were included. New FOX News Poll.
Among registered voters in the Grand Canyon state, Harris held a 1-point lead over Trump in the race last month, with approval rating 50% to 49%, according to an August resurvey.
Since that poll, the vice president's lead over Hispanic voters has declined to 11 points. He also had a double-digit lead over the former president among voters under 30, but now he has a 12-point lead. Trump also held a 5 percentage point lead among new voters in the state, or voters who have not voted in the last four White House elections, 51% to 46%.
Harris' biggest lead was on abortion, 56% to 41%. She also had a narrow lead of 3 percentage points on defending democracy and 2 percentage points on fighting for the middle class, according to the poll.
Among registered voters in Arizona, the former president had a 56% to 41% lead on immigration. According to the poll, she also topped the list of vice presidents on economics, with 53% support compared to 45% for Harris.
Trump leads the vice president by 0.9 points in Arizona, according to a poll compiled by Hill/Decision Desk Headquarters.
The Fox News Georgia Poll was conducted September 20-24 among 1,006 registered voters in Georgia. The margin of error was 3 percentage points. The Arizona poll was conducted September 20-24 among 1,021 registered voters in Arizona. The margin of error was 3 percentage points.
