Vice President Kamala Harris is currently leading former President Donald Trump in a hypothetical general election match-up, as per a recent poll conducted after President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race. The New York Times/Siena College survey indicates that Trump holds a slight edge over Harris among likely voters, with a 48% to 47% margin. Among registered voters, Trump leads Harris by two percentage points.
The latest findings suggest a narrowing of the race since the Democrats altered their nominee, contrasting with a previous New York Times poll in July where Trump was leading Biden by 6 points. Notably, Harris has secured a 10-point advantage over Trump among voters aged 45 and younger, a demographic that Trump had previously been leading in, according to NYT polling conducted just three weeks earlier.
According to the survey results, approximately 79% of Democratic or Democratic-leaning voters prefer Harris as the party nominee following Biden's exit from the race, while 27% believe that Democrats should have a competitive selection process for a new nominee.
Of the respondents, 87% expressed either some level of approval or strong approval for Biden's decision to withdraw from the race. However, 45% of the respondents indicated that they do not approve of the current job performance of President Biden.
The New York Times/Siena College poll was carried out from July 22 to 24, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
