Harris Improves on Biden’s Performance Against Trump

A new CNN poll finds Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris in the presidential race, 49% to 46%, a finding within the poll’s margin of sampling error.

That’s a closer contest than earlier CNN polling this year had found on the match up between Biden and Trump.

Key finding: “The shift toward affirmative support for Harris among her backers comes from groups that typically break for Democrats but had been seen as trouble spots for the Biden campaign. Among Harris supporters younger than 45, 43% say their vote is more in support of her than against Trump, up from 28% of Biden voters in that age group who felt the same way about the president in June. Among voters of color who back Harris, 57% say their vote is for her more than against Trump, compared with 48% among Biden voters of color in June. And 54% of women backing Harris say their vote is to support her, compared with 43% of women backing Biden who said the same in June.”

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