Former President Donald Trump appears to be leading in the key battleground states of Pennsylvania and Georgia, according to two surveys.
An Insider Advantage poll conducted in the Keystone State on Sept. 14-15, 2024, found President Trump leading Vice President Kamala Harris by two percentage points, with 50 percent approving him to Harris' 48 percent. Another 1 percent favored “other” and another 1 percent remained undecided.
investigation Notes The report said the investigation took place before the second assassination attempt on Trump, but added that it “also included responses during and after the coverage of the incident.”
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“We can only speculate as to how far the news spread and influenced respondents, but this survey provides at least a partial picture of how the incident affected his numbers,” the survey said.
The survey was conducted among 800 voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.46 percentage points.
This coincides with news that Pennsylvania has again tilted toward Trump on RealClearPolitics' electoral maps.
In Georgia, Trump also look That's an advantage: In the latest Trafalgar Group poll tracking the Peach State presidential race, Trump leads Harris by 1.7 percentage points, with 46.2 percent of voters supporting him compared to 44.5 percent for Harris. Another 6 percent are undecided and 3.3 percent support “other.”
The survey was also conducted among 1,098 respondents before the second assassination attempt on President Trump, which took place on September 11-13, 2024. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.
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While the survey results don't necessarily reflect reactions to the second assassination attempt on President Trump, they certainly tilt the election in his favor.
“Something is going on. Maybe God wants me to be president to save this country,” Trump said on X-Space Monday night, reflecting on the second assassination attempt.
Trump reflected on the second assassination attempt in particular: “A Secret Service agent saw the barrel of an AK-47. … He started shooting the barrel. He started shooting in the bushes. All he could see was the barrel. And based on that, he started shooting.”
“That's the gunshot we heard. The other one [Ryan Wesley Routh] “I never fired a shot,” Trump continued. “And [Routh] They ran across the road and jumped into a truck or a car.”
