Harris-Trump showdown: New poll indicates who has edge in battle for crucial electoral vote

A caller canvass successful the contention for a important electoral ballot that could perchance find whether Vice President Kamala Harris oregon former President Trump wins the 2024 White House contention suggests that Harris holds a sizable lead.

Harris stands astatine 53% support, and Trump astatine 42% among apt voters successful Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, according to a caller CNN canvass conducted Sept. 20 to 25 and released connected Friday.

Nebraska and Maine are the lone 2 states successful the federation that disagreement their electoral votes by legislature district. A competitory territory successful each of the states could assistance determine whether Harris oregon Trump succeeds President Biden successful the White House.

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump departs a run lawsuit astatine the Central Wisconsin Airport connected September 7, 2024, successful Mosinee, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Nebraska is solidly reddish in statesmanlike elections. Trump carried the authorities by 25 points successful his 2016 White House triumph and by 19 points successful his 2020 re-election defeat.

But Nebraska’s 2nd District, an urban-suburban country anchored by the metropolis of Omaha, has a past of being competitive. 

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In 2008, then-Democratic statesmanlike nominee Barack Obama narrowly won the district, capturing its azygous electoral vote. In 2012, GOP nominee Mitt Romney won the territory by azygous digits. Trump narrowly carried the territory successful 2016, but Biden won it 4 years ago.

The canvass indicates Harris grabbing the enactment of 96% of Democrats, 61% of independents and adjacent 10% enactment among Republicans.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a run lawsuit successful Madison, Wisconsin, connected Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.  (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

According to the survey, Harris besides holds a 24-point pb among pistillate voters, portion Trump's vantage among men is conscionable 5 points.

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Six successful 10 of those questioned successful the canvass said that Nebraska should support its existent strategy of rewarding electoral votes successful a statesmanlike election, with 40% saying it should power to the strategy employed successful 48 states, wherever the statewide victor grabs each the electoral votes.

Trump and nationalist Republicans made a full-court property successful caller weeks to impulse Nebraska Republican lawmakers to alteration the instrumentality and power to a winner-take-all system, but their lobbying effort fell short.

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