Opinion polls show former President Donald Trump leading Vice President Kamala Harris by 3 points in Georgia with 17 days left until the presidential election.
East Carolina University Poll published Friday's poll found that 49% of likely Georgia voters support Mr. Trump and 46% support Ms. Harris.
The remaining 3% are undecided, and 3% support third-party candidates. There are clear gender differences in candidate preferences, but they are much more pronounced for men than for women.
Among the men surveyed, 56% supported Trump, 18 percentage points ahead of Harris' 38%. But Harris only leads women by an 8-point margin, 52% to 44%.
There are also disparities by age group. Among voters aged 18 to 29, Harris leads Trump 50% to 41%, but among Georgia voters aged 30 to 44, both candidates received 47% of the vote. They are lined up.
Trump has a clear advantage in the demographics of subsequent age groups. Trump leads Harris 51% to 44% among voters 45 to 64, and holds a 54% to 44% lead among voters 65 and older.
Trump also has an advantage in terms of favorability. Of the respondents, 52% had a favorable impression of him, of which 37% had a “very favorable” impression of him, while 47% had a negative perception of him. have.
Conversely, Mr. Harris's evaluation is sluggish. More than half of all respondents (51%) said they had a negative impression of the vice president, but 46% said they had a favorable impression of the vice president.
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) also has a higher approval rating than Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minnesota) among vice presidential candidates. Reviews of Vance are positive, with 49% viewing him favorably and 45% viewing him unfavorably.
Walz's ratings were neutral, with 47% reporting a favorable view of him and 47% reporting unfavorable feelings toward him.
The survey sampled 701 likely voters in Georgia from Oct. 9 to 14 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
