Democrat’s gains with less engaged voters have “fundamentally redefined this year’s election,” according to Cook Political Report.
Vice President Kamala Harris is now leading former President Donald Trump among newly registered voters, a key demographic that President Joe Biden was losing before he exited the 2024 race.
The Democratic presidential ticket has seen a significant reversal in the polls since Biden made the unprecedented decision to step aside from the race on July 21 and endorse Harris. Harris has surged in the polls, leading Trump, the Republican nominee, in many national and some swing-state polling in which Biden was generally lagging behind.
Trump has been dismissive of the polling, saying this month that he’s “leading by a lot.” In a news conference last week, he also pointed to 2016, when many polls showed him trailing his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. Trump ultimately won a narrow victory in the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote.
Newsweek reached out to the Trump and Harris campaigns for comment via email on Wednesday.The New Data
New data from Cook Political Report published Tuesday suggests that Harris is making significant gains on Trump in swing states among low/mid-engagement voters and new registrants.
