The vice president has closed the gap with Donald Trump in a recent New York Times/Siena College survey.
Vice President Kamala Harris has gained on former President Donald Trump in the New York Times’ latest poll.
When asked if the 2024 election were held today, 46 percent of the 1,142 likely voters surveyed by the Times and Siena College said that they would vote for Harris while 48 percent said they would back Trump. The former president’s 2-point lead is within the poll’s margin of error, meaning that the candidates are in a virtual tie.
The survey was conducted in the 48 hours following Harris’s campaign launch. The vice president has received a wave of support from Democrats after President Joe Biden suspended his reelection campaign on Sunday and subsequently endorsed Harris to take his place at the top of the party’s ticket.
Thursday’s poll is a good sign for Democrats, who for weeks were divided among themselves over if Biden should remain in the race. In a Times/Siena poll conducted in the days following the first presidential debate (June 28 to July 2), Biden was trailing Trump by 6 percentage points among likely voters.
