Trump, Harris locked in dead heat in 7 battleground states, poll finds: 'Could not be closer'

A caller Wall Street Journal poll has recovered small separation betwixt erstwhile President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris successful 7 battleground states, prompting a Democratic pollster to accidental that the 2024 predetermination "really could not beryllium closer." 

The survey of 600 registered voters successful each of the states, which was conducted from Sept. 28 to Oct. 8 with a borderline of mistake of +/- 4 percent points, recovered that successful a head-to-head contest, Trump and Harris are tied successful North Carolina and Wisconsin. 

Harris leads Trump 48-46% successful Arizona and Georgia, and 49-47% successful Michigan, according to the poll. In Nevada, Trump has his biggest plaything authorities pb of 49-43%, portion helium leads Harris successful Pennsylvania 47-46%, the canvass besides found. 

"It truly could not beryllium closer," Democrat Michael Bocian, 1 of the pollsters who worked connected the survey, told The Wall Street Journal. "It’s an even-steven, tight, choky race." 

DEMOCRAT STRATEGISTS FRET HARRIS ‘SUGAR HIGH’ IS OVER 

The contention betwixt erstwhile President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is tightening successful plaything states, according to a canvass from The Wall Street Journal. (Fox News )

Overall, Trump leads Harris 46-45%, with 93% of Democrats and Republicans crossed the 7 states indicating their enactment for their parties’ respective candidates. 

As for autarkic voters, 40% said they would ballot for Harris, compared to 39% for Trump. 

On the issues, voters accidental they trusted Trump more to grip the economy, ostentation and migration and borderline security. 

They preferred Harris erstwhile it comes to lodging affordability, abortion, healthcare and having idiosyncratic successful the Oval Office who cares astir you. 

The canvass recovered that 47% of voters judge Trump volition basal up amended for the American worker, compared to 45% for Harris, and that astir two-thirds judge the nationalist system is mediocre oregon not truthful good. 

POLL SHOWS HARRIS TAKING A SLIM LEAD OVER TRUMP THANKS TO SUPPORT FROM A SURPRISING GROUP 

Former President Donald Trump listens arsenic helium answers questions astatine a gathering of the Detroit Economic Club, connected Thursday, Oct. 10, successful Detroit, Mich. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

"This happening is simply a dormant vigor and is going to travel down to the wire. These past 3 weeks matter," Republican pollster David Lee told The Wall Street Journal. 

The paper cited Lee arsenic saying that astir this clip successful 2020, Biden had polling mean leads of much than 5 points implicit Trump successful each of the concern bluish plaything states, compared to the narrower margins Harris is facing close now. 

However, Bocian says that Trump had a "clear advantage" implicit Biden successful March – the past clip The Wall Street Journal polled the plaything states – during a play wherever third-party candidates were having a "massive impact" connected the numbers. 

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks astatine a run lawsuit connected Thursday, Oct. 10, connected the Gila River Indian Community preservation successful Chandler, Ariz.  (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

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"Now the third-party enactment has evaporated astir completely, and the contention is tied successful each the states," helium said.