Harris has 6-point edge on Trump in Virginia: Poll
Vice President Harris is outpacing former President Trump in Virginia by 6 points, according to a new survey.
The poll, released Saturday from the Washington Post/Schar School, found Harris leading Trump 49 percent to 43 percent in the Old Dominion State. Another 6 percent said they did not have an opinion, while 2 percent said they would choose someone else.
Harris's lead, however, has dipped by 2 points since a similar survey was conducted in September. In that poll, the vice president led Trump by 8 points — 50 percent to 42 percent.
Among registered voters in the state, 48 percent of registered voters said Trump would do a better job of handling the economy. Roughly 43 percent said the same of Harris, according to the survey.
The vice president had the edge when it comes to the issues of abortion, 52 percent to 33 percent, and health care, 52 percent to 36 percent, the poll found.
Virginia’s registered voters said that Trump would do a better job of handling the economy, 48 percent to 43 percent, and immigration, 46 percent to 43 percent, according to the survey.
Trump also had a minimal advantage when it came to taxes, 45 percent to 44 percent, while more respondents thought that Harris would fare better, 48 percent to 42 percent, in helping working-class workers, the data shows.
With Election Day just over a week away, nearly half — 48 percent — of Trump supporters in the survey said they would accept the results if he lost in November. In the same poll issued ahead of the 2020 election, 66 percent of supporters said the same. Another 19 percent said they would not accept the results.
One the flip side, 75 percent of Harris supporters in Virginia said they are willing to accept the outcome of the election. Some 10 percent said they would not be willing to do so, the survey found.
Black voters, a key voting bloc this election, in the state were also more likely to back Harris over the former president — 75 percent to 16 percent — according to the poll.
In a survey conducted by the University of Mary Washington and released in September, Harris led Trump by 2 points, 48 percent to 46 percent, in Virginia. In The Hill/Decision Desk HQ's aggregate of polls, she currently has a 4.6-point lead over the former president in the state — 50.4 percent to 45.8 percent.
The Post/Schar survey was conducted Oct. 19-23 among 1,004 registered voters in Virginia. The margin of error was 3.5 percentage points for both registered and likely voters.
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