Polls show that former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in a close race in Virginia, a state that leans heavily Democratic.
According to a poll by the University of Washington's Center for Leadership and Media Studies: Published A survey conducted Friday showed that while the two candidates received the same number of votes among registered voters, Harris had a narrow lead among the electorate.
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In the head-to-head contests, each garnered the support of 45 percent of the 850 eligible voters who responded: 3 percent supported another candidate, 4 percent were undecided, 2 percent said they would not vote, and 1 percent refused to answer.
Among 756 voters surveyed, Harris has a slim lead over Trump, 48% to 46%, with the remaining 6% either undecided or saying they support another candidate.
The race between the candidates has become more competitive. The poll was conducted from Sept. 3 to 9, and included Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent who suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump, on the first day of voting. He was removed from the question on Sept. 2.
Among registered voters, Trump and Harris were tied at 44%. Kennedy received 2% of the vote, while Jill Stein of the Green Party and Chase Oliver of the Libertarian Party both received less than 1%. Five percent were undecided.
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Among likely voters, Harris and Trump are neck and neck at 47 percent and 46 percent, respectively, with 2 percent voting for Kennedy, 3 percent undecided and 2 percent preferring another candidate.
Virginia has voted Democratic in the last four presidential elections. Biden Winner In 2020, it outperformed the state by 10 percentage points; in 2016, it outperformed the state by 10 percentage points. went He defeated twice-defeated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton by about five points.
But in 2021, Republicans won statewide elections for governor, attorney general and lieutenant governor, signaling the GOP's rise in the Old Dominion State.
President Trump first revealed his plan to expand the scope of battleground states to include heavily Democratic states such as Virginia in December to Breitbart News editor-in-chief Alex Marlow and Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle.
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“The other thing I'm going to do, and this may be a stupid thing to do, is to go all out in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, New Mexico and Minnesota, a state I haven't won in years,” Trump said.
The poll also shows a tightly contested Senate race between Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), the 2016 Democratic vice presidential nominee, and Republican Hung Kao, a retired Navy captain.
Of those likely to vote, 49% support Cain and 43% support Kao, while 2% plan to support another candidate and 6% are undecided.
The margin of error for registered voters is ±3 percentage points, and for likely voters it is ±3.5 percentage points.
