Republican Donald Trump is leading among likely voters in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina, overtaking U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris six weeks before the November 5 presidential election, a New York Times/Siena College The poll was released on Monday, Reuters reported.
Trump led his Democratic rival 50% to 45% in Arizona last week, 49% to 45% in Georgia and 49% to 47% in North Carolina, according to the poll, which echoed other recent surveys showing a tight race.
The three states are among seven battleground states likely to decide the 2024 presidential contest between Trump, a convicted felon, and Harris, a former prosecutor who would be America's first female president.
Trump, who was president from 2017 to 2021, is seeking the White House again after losing to Joe Biden in 2020, an outcome he continues to falsely blame on voter fraud. The 78-year-old former president faces federal and state criminal charges over his attempts to overturn the election results.
Harris, 59, whose nomination reinvigorated the Democratic Party after Biden, 81, abandoned his reelection bid, offered a chance to build a broader coalition among young adults, women, people of color and even some Republicans.
The poll indicates a tight matchup in line with other recent national surveys, including those by Reuters/Ipsos.
The poll was conducted from Sept. 17-21 amid reports that the North Carolina gubernatorial race was in turmoil.
CNN On Thursday, it was reported that Trump-backed Republican candidate Mark Robinson once called himself a “black Nazi” and proposed reinstating slavery in comments posted on a pornography website. Four of Robinson's top advisers resigned on Sunday.
Monday's poll includes a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points in Arizona among 713 people surveyed in Arizona; plus or minus 4.6 points among 682 respondents in Georgia and plus or minus 4.2 points among 682 respondents in North Carolina.
