Harris tops Trump by 5 points in post-convention poll
Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump by 5 points, according to a survey conducted after she officially accepted the party's nomination last week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
The USA Today/Suffolk University poll, released Thursday morning, found Harris surging ahead of her GOP rival with 48 percent compared to his 43 percent.
Harris's lead, USA Today noted, is fueled by big shifts in key demographic groups, including Hispanic, Black and young voters.
The vice president also holds a 23-point lead over the former president among those who make less than $20,000 annually, per the survey. A similar poll conducted in June, well before President Biden stepped aside from the race, showed Trump ahead by 3 points over the then-incumbent.
The outlet noted that without its customary rounding of percentages, Harris’s lead drops to about 4 percent — or 47.6 percent to Trump’s 43.3 percent, according to the poll.
After Biden endorsed Harris, she broke fundraising records and garnered key endorsements, generating excitement for her campaign, especially among younger voters.
Voters ages 18 to 34 previously supported Trump over Biden by 11 points. With Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket, younger voters now support her over the former president — 49 percent to 36 percent, respectively — the survey found.
Harris has also taken a 16-point lead over Trump with Hispanic voters, bringing in 53 percent of the vote compared to the GOP nominee's 37 percent. In a previous survey, Biden trailed Trump by 2 points among the demographic.
Black voters in the survey were also more likely to support Harris than Biden.
Trump trailed the president by 47 points in a previous survey among registered voters, but Harris — who is of Jamaican and South Asian descent — increased that lead to 76 percent in the latest contest.
Lower-income voters also now support Harris more than Trump, after the vice president said she has a plan to make housing more affordable, according to the poll.
The USA Today/Suffolk survey was conducted between Aug. 25-28 among 1,000 likely voters. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
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