Harris cuts Trump’s lead in Sun Belt states: Fox News poll

[Thiệu Ngô]

Vice President Harris now leads former President Trump in three of the four key Sun Belt states, according to Fox News polls released Wednesday evening.

By Sarah Fortinsky - 08/28/24 8:27 PM ET

Overall, Harris leads Trump by 1 point (48 percent support to 47 percent) among all the respondents surveyed in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina.

She also leads the GOP nominee in Arizona by 1 point (48 percent support to 47 percent), in Georgia by 2 points (48 percent to 46 percent) and in Nevada by 2 points (48 percent to 46 percent).

Trump, meanwhile, takes the 1-point lead over Harris in North Carolina, with 48 percent support to her 47 percent.

All of the survey results are within the margins of sampling error.

The new polling represents a marked reversal in voter preference trends, compared to surveys conducted before President Biden stepped aside and Harris became the Democratic nominee.

In previous Fox News polls, Biden was trailing Trump in all of the four states, in head-to-head match-ups.

Harris has now made a 6-point gain over Biden’s past performance in Arizona, where he trailed Trump by 5 points (46 percent to 41 percent) in a June 2024 poll.

She improved on Biden’s performance by 8 points in Georgia, where Trump led Biden by 6 points (51 percent support to 45 percent) in an April 2024 poll.

Harris improved by 7 points in Nevada, where Trump led Biden by 5 points (50 percent support to 45 percent) in the June survey.

In North Carolina — where Trump still holds a slim lead over Harris — Harris still managed to close the gap by 4 points. In February 2024, Trump led Biden in the state by 5 points (50 percent support to 45 percent).

The poll comes as Harris has been riding an enthusiasm wave since she took over at the top of the Democratic ticket. The Democratic Party is hoping that wave will continue through the election — in particular, in these essential battleground states.

In response to the latest data, the Trump campaign slammed Fox News’s polls, calling them “atrocious” and saying the organization “has an awful track record.”

The Hill has reached out to Fox News to respond.

The new polls were conducted Aug. 23-26, 2024, and included 4,053 registered voters across the four states. The overall margin of sampling error is 1.5 percentage points, and for each state, the margin is 3 percentage points.