A new national poll taken after Tuesday's debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump showed Harris leading Trump by five points.
Democratic presidential candidate Harris has the support of 47% of registered voters nationwide, according to a two-day Reuters/Ipsos poll, while Republican presidential candidate Trump has the support of 42% of registered voters surveyed.
Harris' five-point lead is a slight increase from the four-point lead she had in the previous Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in late August before the debate.
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Vice President Kamala Harris (R) and former President Donald Trump shake hands during a debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, September 10, 2024. Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Getty Images)
Polls show voters agree with political pundits that Harris beat Trump in the Philadelphia presidential debate, the first and likely only one between the two.
Among survey respondents who said they listened to at least part of Tuesday's debate, 53% said the vice president won, while just 24% said the former president won.
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Public Opinion Poll The survey surveyed 1,690 adults nationwide, of which 1,405 were registered voters. The survey had a margin of sampling error for registered voters of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
MOSINEE, WISCONSIN – SEPTEMBER 7: Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump departs from a campaign event at the Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, Wisconsin on September 7, 2024. Recent polls have Trump lagging behind Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris in battleground states. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
With seven and a half weeks until Election Day and early voting beginning this month in some key battleground states, most national and battleground-state polls show the race between Trump and Harris within the margin of error. Harris has been gaining momentum in the weeks since replacing President Biden at the top of the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate list in mid-July.
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Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 12, 2024. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
“This is going to be a close race all the way to the end,” Harris reiterated to supporters at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday.
“We are the underdogs,” she stressed. “We have hard work ahead of us…hard work is good work.”
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