With less than a month until the U.S. presidential election, Kamala Harris appears to be losing ground to Donald Trump, as new polling data reveals a tightening race. Three recent polls released on Sunday indicate that Kamala Harris’s lead over Donald Trump has either narrowed or disappeared, placing the two candidates in a dead heat as they enter the final stretch of the campaign.
According to the latest NBC News poll, both candidates are tied nationally at 48 percent, a significant shift from Kamala Harris’s five-point lead in the same survey just a month ago. An ABC News/Ipsos poll shows Kamala Harris holding a slight edge with 50 percent to Donald Trump’s 48 percent, down from a 52 to 46 percent lead last month. Similarly, a CBS News/YouGov poll places Kamala Harris ahead by three points at 51 percent to 48 percent, a drop from a four-point advantage in the previous month’s polling.
Real Clear Polling’s aggregate of major polls now shows Kamala Harris with a slim 1.4 percentage point lead, down from 2.2 points just the day before. The tightening race has raised concerns among Democrats, particularly regarding Kamala Harris’s declining support among two key constituencies: Hispanics and African Americans. Although Kamala Harris maintains strong support among women of all races, her campaign has struggled to generate enthusiasm among men, including Hispanic and African American voters, groups that have increasingly gravitated toward Donald Trump in recent years.
In a series of New York Times/Siena College polls, Kamala Harris garnered support from 78 percent of Black voters and 56 percent of Hispanic voters, significantly lower than the shares won by Democratic nominees in the 2020 and 2016 elections. These figures have prompted further concerns within the Democratic Party as the election nears.
Former President Barack Obama addressed these issues at a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, admonishing Black men for their lack of enthusiasm for Kamala Harris compared to the support he received in his 2008 and 2012 campaigns. Obama suggested that some men might be hesitant to back Kamala Harris because of her gender, calling out those who offered “excuses” for not supporting her candidacy.
On the campaign trail, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump focused their efforts on key battleground states over the weekend. Kamala Harris criticized Donald Trump during a rally in North Carolina for spreading misinformation about the government’s response to recent hurricanes, while Donald Trump, speaking in Arizona, vowed to increase the number of Border Patrol agents and proposed a raise and bonuses for those in the field.
