With less than three weeks to go until Election Day, a new poll in battleground Georgia indicates former President Trump holding on to his single-digit lead over Vice President Harris in the fight for the state’s 16 crucial electoral votes.
But a survey in neighboring North Carolina, another key swing state that also has 16 electoral votes up for grabs, shows Harris with a slight edge over Trump.
According to a pair of Quinnipiac University polls released on Wednesday, the GOP presidential nominee tops the Democratic Party standard-bearer 52%-45% among likely Georgia voters, with Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver each receiving 1% support.
Trump’s seven-point lead edged up a point from his 50%-44% margin over Harris in Quinnipiac’s September survey in Georgia.
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Former President Trump sat down with Fox News’ Harris Faulkner for a town hall on “The Faulkner Focus” and answered questions from female voters in Georgia. (‘Fox & Friends’ screengrab)
Most other public opinion surveys in Georgia indicate a much tighter margin-of-error race between the vice president and the former president.
President Biden narrowly edged Trump in Georgia in 2020 to become the first Democrat to carry the state in a White House race in nearly 30 years, since former President Bill Clinton in 1992.
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In Quinnipiac’s North Carolina poll, Harris edges Trump 49%-47%, with Oliver at 1%.
That’s a switch from last month, when Trump held a two-point advantage over Harris.
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