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The latest SURVEY ahead of the United States Presidential Election shows that Democratic Party presidential candidate Kamala Harris is competing closely with Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate.
Harris’ lead over Trump has diminished or simply disappeared as the race for the White House nears its final stages, according to three surveys released Sunday (13/10).
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In the latest NBC News survey, Democratic and Republican candidates have the same share of the vote nationally, namely 48% ahead of the November 5 vote. It was a turnaround from Harris’ five-point lead in the same survey last month.
In a recent ABC News/Ipsos survey,
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Harris leads 50% to 48% among likely voters. Democrats led 52% to 46% in the same survey last month.
The latest CBS News/YouGov survey shows Harris up 51% to 48% among likely voters, compared with a four-point lead last month.
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Based on the latest figures, Harris leads by 1.4% points in the Real Clear Poll’s main survey aggregate, down from 2.2% on Saturday.
The combined survey numbers come amid concerns among Democrats that Harris is failing to build support among Hispanics and African Americans, two of the party’s key constituencies.
While Harris leads among women of all races, she has struggled to generate enthusiasm among men, including African Americans and Hispanics, who have increasingly gravitated to Trump in recent years.
In The New York Times/Siena College survey released Saturday and Sunday, Harris drew support from 78% of Black voters and 56% of Hispanic voters. This is a much lower number than Democratic candidates won in the 2020 and 2016 elections.
On Thursday, former President Barack Obama admonished Black voters for not showing as much enthusiasm for Harris’ candidacy as she did during her 2008 and 2012 campaigns.
“You have a lot of reasons and excuses, I have a problem with that,” Obama said at a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of seven states expected to decide the election.
“Because part of this makes me think, part of it makes me think that, you don’t feel the idea of having a woman as president, and you think of other alternatives and other reasons for it,”
Harris and Trump on Sunday continued to focus their campaigns on battleground states, holding events in North Carolina and Arizona respectively.
At a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina, Harris criticized Trump for spreading misinformation about the government’s response to recent hurricanes.
“The problem, beyond the obvious, is that it makes it increasingly difficult to provide people with information that could save lives if they are led to believe that they cannot,” Harris said.
“And that’s what hurts most, is the idea that those in need are somehow convinced that the forces are working against them so they won’t seek help.”
Meanwhile, Trump used a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona to call for the hiring of 10,000 additional Border Patrol agents.
“After I win, I will ask Congress to immediately approve a 10% pay increase for all agents and a $10,000 retention and signing bonus,” Trump said.
“We will defend it,” he concluded. (Aljazeera/H-3)
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