Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are neck and neck in recent polling as they enter the final leg of the presidential race, as the Democratic nominee appears to be losing ground among Latino and Black voters.
A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll places Harris at 45% and Trump at 44%.
In August, the same poll found that Harris was ahead of Trump 48% to 43% on the heels of the Democratic National Convention. The new survey released Monday questioned 1,000 likely voters by landline and cell phone from Oct. 14-18. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
Harris has fallen back in support among Latino and Black voters in the seven weeks between surveys. The new poll found Latino voters now back Trump by 49% to 38%. Black voters prefer Harris by 72% to 17%, but that 55-point edge is significantly less than the advantage Democrats traditionally enjoy.
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GOP presidential nominee former President Donald Trump smiles during a Hispanic roundtable at Beauty Society on Oct. 12, 2024 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
For the subsamples of Latino and Black voters, the survey’s margins of error are plus or minus 9 points, signaling possible repositioning of up to 18 points in one direction or the other.
President Biden benefited from staggering support from Black and Latino voters four years ago. A Pew Research Center analysis found 92% of Black voters and 59% of Latino voters supported Biden in the 2020 race.
Trump has made inroads among Black and Latino voters in the 2024 race by courting men, as he campaigns on the economy and crime.
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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event on Oct.18, 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
Observing the shift in Democrats’ traditional…
