A Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris has toppled former President Donald Trump in a deadlock, with the two candidates now deadlocked.
Harris has 48% of voters’ support, compared to Trump’s 47% in all swing states. The vice president leads in four of the battleground states, while Trump leads in two.
The move is a significant improvement for the Democratic Party, which had been falling by an average of 2 points in swing states before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
Since becoming an independent, Harris has trailed Trump in Arizona and Nevada and more than doubled Biden’s lead in Michigan, where she now leads Trump by 11 points.
Trump leads by 4 in Pennsylvania and 2 in North Carolina. Both candidates are tied in Georgia. All results are within the margin of error except Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The Trump-Harris matchup has brought out the new richest, with a third of swing state voters saying they are more likely to vote now that Biden is out of the picture. Nearly two-thirds of black voters say they will vote in November.
In addition, a YouGov poll commissioned by The Economist and released Wednesday showed Harris leading Trump nationally by 46 to 44 percentage points. Trump led Harris by 44% to 41% last week, according to YouGov.
Despite Democrats’ growing momentum, some have warned that Harris’ campaign is in the “honeymoon phase” and will show signs of showing up at the polls.
“I call it the honeymoon phase,” Steve Sisolak, the former Democratic governor of Nevada, told The New York Times. “We’ve got to keep the momentum going. You started, now you have to keep it going. It’s going to be a problem for everybody.”
In the 10 days since Biden’s departure, Harris’ campaign says it has raised more than $200 million and the vice president has had record attendance at rallies across the country. Harris is expected to pick her running mate on Monday, and the pair will campaign in the hardest-hit states, CBS reported.