In Iowa, Kamala Harris has now reportedly surged ahead of Donald Trump according to a controversial new poll, a shocking development for both Democrats and Republicans who had previously dismissed the state’s presidential race as a foregone conclusion for Trump.
In a recent poll conducted by the Des Moines Register and Mediacom Iowa, Vice President Harris is currently leading former President Trump by 47% to 44% among likely voters, just days before a high-stakes election that appears to be deadlocked in key battleground states.
The results are consistent with a September Iowa Poll that indicated a 4-point advantage for Trump over Harris and a June Iowa Poll that showed him with an 18-point lead over Democratic President Joe Biden, who was the presumed Democratic nominee at the time.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has ceased his independent presidential campaign in favor of Trump but remains on the Iowa ballot, receives 3% of the vote.
This is a decrease from the 9% in June and the 6% in September.
Less than one percent of respondents indicate that they would vote for Chase Oliver, the Libertarian presidential candidate.
One percent would vote for another candidate, three percent are uncertain, and two percent are unwilling to disclose their previous ballot choices.
Selzer & Co. conducted a poll of 808 likely Iowa voters from October 28-31.
This sample includes individuals who have already voted and those who have stated that they are certain they will vote. It has a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.
The results are the result of Trump and Harris’s near-exclusive focus on seven battleground states that are anticipated to significantly influence the election’s outcome.
Neither campaign has conducted a campaign in Iowa since the conclusion of the presidential primaries, and neither has established a physical presence in the state.
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