Among North Carolina voters, Vice President Harris is said to be leading former President Trump by one point. Elon University/YouGov Poll It was released on Tuesday.
The poll showed Harris with 46% approval rating, compared with 45% for Trump, within the poll's margin of error, making Harris's slight lead statistically meaningless.
North Carolina is one of seven battleground states where the electoral votes are so close that either candidate could win. North Carolina has 16 electoral votes and most recently supported the Democratic candidate in 2008 when former President Barack Obama faced off against the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
Harris is entering her second month of the presidential campaign and feels she has solidified support among women and black voters.
These trends were also evident in polls in North Carolina, where Harris' lead among black voters was significantly larger than her lead among women voters.
The poll found that Harris has the support of 79% of black voters in North Carolina, compared with 10% who back Trump, and that she has 48% of support from women in North Carolina, compared with 42% who back Trump.
Among white North Carolina voters, however, Trump has an approval rating of 55% to Harris's 37%. The gap is also narrowing among men, with Trump's approval rating of 49% to Harris's 43%.
The Hill/Decision Desk average of North Carolina polls shows the two candidates in a close race, with Trump leading Harris by 0.6 percentage points, 48.3% to 47.7%.
The survey was conducted from September 4 to 13, the same period as the first presidential debate between Harris and Trump.
The poll included 800 North Carolina voters and had a margin of error of 3.74 percentage points.
