Vice President Kamala Harris has reportedly extended her lead over former President Donald Trump, according to the latest poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Harris reportedly leads Trump by a 50% to 43% margin nationally, while 7% of respondents claim they’ll vote for a third-party candidate. Both candidates are favored by their respective partisans, each claiming 95% of support from party-registered respondents.
Harris is reported to be ahead of Trump by a 47.2% to 43.7% margin, according to polling averages conducted by FiveThirtyEight.com, however, Trump is currently projected to surpass the 270 electoral vote threshold to be elected based on state polling, leading in several battleground states, according to RealClearPolling.com.
Last week, a CBS News/YouGov poll projected that Harris and Trump were both reported to be at 50% among likely voters in battleground states, while Harris has a 51% to 48% edge nationally. Harris also has a 56% advantage in support from women while Trump has a 54% edge among men.
Trump famously defeated former First Lady and Senator Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election despite trailing by 6.5 points in polls. Clinton won the popular vote, but lost the Electoral College by a 304 to 227 margin. Trump also trailed President Joe Biden by nine points in polls leading up to the 2020 presidential election, however, lost by just 4.4 percentage points.
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