NBC, CBS polls show Harris gaining ground as election focus shifts to Trump

WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 5 percent points successful an NBC News canvass released connected Sunday that recovered that respondents person travel to spot her much favoruably since she emerged arsenic the Democratic campaigner for president.

Asked astir their views of Harris since she became the nominee, 48% of 1,000 registered voters surveyed said it was affirmative compared to 32% successful July — the largest leap among person ratings polled by NBC since President George W. Bush’s favorability roseate aft the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Asked astir Trump, 40% of those polled said they viewed him positively compared to 38% successful July, the quality web said. The poll, conducted Sept. 13-17, has a borderline of mistake of 3 percent points.

A abstracted CBS News canvass besides recovered Harris starring Trump, by 4 percent points, 52% to 48%, among apt voters, with a borderline of mistake complaint of positive oregon minus 2 percent points.

The findings are broadly successful enactment with different caller nationalist polls, including those by Reuters/Ipsos, that amusement a adjacent contention heading into the Nov. 5 election.

While nationalist surveys connection important signals connected the views of the electorate, the state-by-state results of the Electoral College find the winner, with a fistful of battleground states apt to beryllium decisive.

Trump, 78, is making his 3rd consecutive bid for the White House aft losing to Joe Biden successful 2020, which helium continues to falsely blasted connected wide elector fraud portion facing national and authorities transgression charges implicit efforts to overturn the predetermination results.

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Harris, 59, is simply a erstwhile U.S. legislator and authoritative present serving nether Biden. She would beryllium the archetypal pistillate to service arsenic president successful the nation’s 248-year history.

“She’s been capable to alteration this from a contention that was a referendum connected Joe Biden to a contention that is simply a referendum connected Donald Trump,” Amy Walter, steadfast and exertion successful main of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

In CBS’ canvass of 3,129 registered voters surveyed Sept. 18-20, Harris edged up 2 percent points aft a 50-50 divided successful August, shored by her show successful the Sept. 10 statement and brightening economical news.