Harris tops Trump by 3 points nationally; candidates tied in swing states: Survey

Vice President Harris has a 3-point lead nationally over former President Trump, while the two are in a dead heat across the battleground states, according to a poll released Sunday.

The CBS News/YouGov survey of registered voters found Harris leading Trump 51 percent to 48 percent, marking the latest poll to show her leading the former president since she entered the race last month.

Trump and Harris both shored up an average of 50-percent support across the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the poll found.

The poll was released one day ahead of the start of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where Harris will seek to keep the momentum going for her and the party. She and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), will formally accept their nominations and address the convention later this week.

Since replacing President Biden atop the Democratic ticket, Harris has quickly sparked energy for the party and cut into the lead Trump held over the presidential race for months.

Trump, meanwhile, kept his lead in the new survey when it came to certain policies. He led the vice president by 8 points among those who said the economy is a major factor, though she saw a boost in support from women voters in this group when compared with Biden, pollsters noted.

Trump also came out on top among voters who said they aren’t currently doing as well financially, CBS News reported.

A series of other surveys have shown Harris narrowing the gap with Trump in numerous national and swing state polls. According to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ’s national polling average, she has a 1.8 percentage point lead over Trump based on an aggregate of 120 polls.

An ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll also released Sunday showed Harris has 49 percent support nationally, compared to Trump’s 45 percent.

The CBS News/YouGov survey was conducted among 3,258 registered voters nationwide Aug. 14-16. The margin of error was 2.1 percentage points.