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Former President Trump and Vice President Harris are tied successful cardinal battleground states, according to a caller CBS News poll published Sunday, arsenic Democrats rally down Harris arsenic their recently authoritative nominee.
The CBS News/YouGov canvass besides recovered Harris starring Trump by 1 constituent nationally, a overmuch amended presumption for Democrats than with President Biden astatine the apical of the ticket.
The candidates are tied with 50 percent enactment each successful battlegrounds, portion Harris leads Trump 50 to 49 percent nationally successful a head-to-head race, the canvass found. When third-party candidates are included, Harris extends to a 2-point pb implicit the erstwhile president.
Harris’s run opened to wide enthusiasm from Democrats aft she took implicit for Biden, breaking fundraising records and drafting ample crowds. That enthusiasm has besides been shown successful polls, with much Democrats saying they volition “definitely” ballot than with Biden arsenic the nominee.
Overall, 85 percent of Democrats and 88 percent of Republicans accidental they volition vote, compared to 81 percent of Democrats and 90 percent of Republicans past month.
Among Black voters, a cardinal demographic for Harris, 74 percent said they would “definitely” ballot compared to 58 percent erstwhile Biden was the nominee.
Harris present has 81 percent enactment among Black voters, compared to 73 percent enactment for Biden. Democratic strategists had warned for months that Biden was losing crushed with this cardinal conception of the party’s base.
Harris has besides widened the sex spread betwixt the candidates, with the vice president winning 54 percent of women’s votes. Trump, meanwhile, is winning 54 percent of men, according to the poll.
In battlegrounds, Harris and Trump are tied successful Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona, according to the poll. Trump has a 1-point pb successful Wisconsin and a 3-point pb successful Georgia and North Carolina, portion Harris has a 2-point pb successful Nevada.
The CBS News/YouGov canvass surveyed astir 3,100 registered voters betwixt July 30 and Aug. 2, with a borderline of mistake of 2.1 percent.
