Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly has a 2% advantage over former President Donald Trump, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Harris reportedly leads Trump, 44% to 42%, in the first Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted after she officially announced her intention to replace President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket in the 2024 presidential election following Biden’s decision to end his campaign on Sunday (July 21). The vice president has gained steady momentum in recent Reuters/Iposos polls, having tied previously Trump at 44% in a July 15-16 survey and trailed the former president by 1% point in a July 1-2 poll, both of which were conducted amid speculation, but prior to Biden’s official drop out announcement.
YouGov.com also conducted a survey on Sunday, which showed that 60% of Democrats would nominate Harris, 59, as their new candidate for president while 21% chose “someone else” and 19% said they were “not sure.” The vice president also received the majority of support from “all adults” with 37% choosing her while 35% opted for “someone else” and 27% said they were “not sure.”
Harris has already crossed the threshold of the 1,976 pledged delegates needed to win the nomination on the first ballot and raised $49.6 million in grassroots donations within one day of officially announcing her presidential campaign, CNN reports. The vice president currently has no credible challenger for the Democratic nomination and the endorsement of several top officials within the party including President Biden, who said he wanted to “offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year” in a post shared on his social media accounts.
“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” Harris said in a statement obtained by Variety. “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party—and unite our nation—to defeat Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda. We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win.”
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