Trump is close to Kamala Harris in Michigan and Wisconsin

The latest polling shows former President Trump narrowing Vice President Harris’ lead in Michigan and Wisconsin.

Harris leads Trump by 47% in Wisconsin, according to the survey of 2,055 voters conducted from Sept. 21 to 26 and released Saturday. The New York Times and Sienna College,

In the even more critical state of Michigan, Harris led Trump by just one point, where she had support of 48% to 47%.

Both results, within the margin of error of 2.5%, reflect a statistical dead heat in the contest and a small but notable reversal for Harris from August, when the same poll found her Leading in both states By four points.

Saturday’s poll found Trump with a six-point lead in Ohio, a state he is expected to carry in the 2024 contest.

Trump’s strength is largely due to voters’ concern about the economy, with more than a quarter of voters telling pollsters that it was their most important issue.

Voters in Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio trusted Trump to handle the issue better than Harris by large margins, with the former president garnering 54% support on the topic compared to Harris’s 42%.

Both candidates are their respective biggest liabilities: 30% of voters named Harris’s honesty and personality as their biggest concerns.

A total of 32% of voters said their biggest issue with Trump was his “behavior.”

In another warning sign for Harris, 46% of those surveyed said they believe Trump’s policies have helped them, while only 36% said they have been hurt by them.

Among those same voters, only 37% said Harris’s policies would help them, while 43% said they would hurt them.

The survey also found deep pessimism among swing state voters, with more than four in 10 saying they believed America’s problems were so bad under the current administration that the country “should not be There was danger of “failure”.

Trump and Harris were also neck-and-neck in the battleground state of North Carolina, with Fox News and CNN/SSRS polls released Friday showing statistical parity between each.

Trump won the Tar Heel state in 2016 and 2020, and a loss there in 2024 would seriously complicate his path to the White House.

Trump has a 50-49 lead against Harris among likely voters in the state. according to foxwhich spoke to 991 voters from September 20 to 24, while CNN surveyed 1,680 voters from September 20 to September 25 and found two candidates. 48% of potential voters,

Both elections were held after a series of damaging revelations against North Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, which Republicans fear could lead to the downfall of the national ticket.

Pollster Daron Shaw said, “The race will be close, but Trump still holds the lead on the issues that matter most to North Carolina voters.” told fox news“As long as they think Trump is more likely to make the country more prosperous and safer, he’s the favorite.”

last week CNN reported Robinson once referred to himself as a “black Nazi”, expressed support for slavery, and described his history of “peeping” on women during public bathing when he was a teenager. Was.

Many comments were made in the comments section of the porn forum Nude Africa. Robinson has denied the allegations.

Both surveys showed Robinson trailing his opponent, Democrat Josh Stein, by double digits.

Trump has warmly embraced Robinson during the campaign, regularly comparing him to Martin Luther King Jr. When asked this week whether he would withdraw his support, the former president said, “I don’t know the situation.”