Here’s who is leading in the most important election campaigns in 2024

Upper line

The swing state race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is effectively tied, with Harris leading voters in all seven states by just one point and maintaining small leads in the Upper Midwest and Nevada, while Trump leads narrowly in the Southeast and Nevada. Arizona – but essentially must-win Pennsylvania is a tournament.

Key facts

Harris has a 49%-48% lead among voters across all seven battlegrounds, according to a new HarrisX/Forbes poll released Thursday, a statistical tie — but 14% of swing state voters are still weighing their options, meaning , that there is plenty of room for the race to switch.

North Carolina: Harris leads 48%-47% in one CNN/SSRS survey released Thursday (margin of error 4.5 points), an outlier among several other polls this week showing Trump ahead, including a Fox News survey showing him up 49%-47% (or 50%-49% without third parties), while leading 50%-48% in surveys released in the last week of Cooperative selection survey, Marist and Emerson College. FiveThirtyEight’s average shows Trump with an advantage of 1.2 points.

Georgia: Trump holds a 48%-47% lead on Thursday CNN/SSRS poll (margin of error 4.7), and he is up more significantly 51%-46% in the CES poll (2,663 respondents) and 49.9%-48.4% in last week’s Bloomberg pollalthough they are tied at 49% in a Marist vote (margin of error 3.9) and a Washington Post-Schar vote (margin of error 4.5) found Harris ahead 51%-47%. Trump leads by 1.8 points in FiveThirtyEight’s poll average.

Pennsylvania: It couldn’t get any closer – the candidates are tied at 48% Fox News and CNN/SSRS polls released on Wednesday and it is 49%-49% in a CBS/YouGov polland while Trump is up 47%-46% in one Quinnipiac poll and 50%-49% if Fox News eliminates third parties, Harris has a 49%-48% lead in a large Cooperative selection survey survey (3,685 respondents). Monmouth found Trump is up 47%-46% among all registered voters, but Harris leads 48%-47% among people who vote in most elections. Overall, Trump leads Harris by 0.4 points in FiveThirtyEight’s poll average.

Michigan: Trump has a rare lead in one Washington Post poll released Thursday showing him up 47%-45%, though three other surveys this week show Harris with an advantage, including Fox News poll that showed her up 48%-46% (though tied at 49% without third parties), 51%-46% in the CES poll (2,336 respondents) and 48%-43% in CNN/SSRS poll– while Trump leads 49%-48% in one Emerson study published Tuesday (margin of error 3 points). Harris is up 1.1 points in Michigan in FiveThirtyEight’s poll average.

Wisconsin: Harris is up 50%-47% over Trump in the CES poll (1,542 respondents), 51%-45% in CNN/SSRS poll and 50%-49% in one Marquette votewhile Trump is up 49% to 48% in an Emerson map out and the two candidates are tied at 48% in a Quinnipiac vote. Harris is up 0.7 points in FiveThirtyEights average.

Nevada: Harris leads Trump 51%-47% in CES map out (933 respondents), while Trump is ahead 48%-47% in a CNN/SSRS map out released Tuesday (margin of error 4.6 points), and Harris is up 48.8%-48.3% in a Bloomberg poll out October 23 (margin of error 5). Harris is up 0.1 points in FiveThirtyEights poll average.

Arizona: Trump is up 51%-47% in the CES poll (2,066 respondents), and he leads 50%-49% in a Marist vote released Oct. 24 (margin of error 3.7) and 49%-46% in a Washington Post-Schar School poll (margin of error 5), while Harris leads 48%-47% in a CNN/SSRS poll this week (margin) of error 4.4). Trump is up 2.2 points in FiveThirtyEights poll average.

big number

1.4 points. That’s Harris’ lead in FiveThirtyEight’s national poll average.

Key background

Harris became the Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, amid a party uproar in the wake of his debate performance — dramatically changing the Democrats’ fortunes. Before the switch, polls consistently found Trump beating Biden in most battleground states, despite Biden winning six of the seven (excluding North Carolina) in the 2020 election.

Further reading

Trump vs. Harris 2024 Polls: Harris Retains Lead in 4 New Polls (Forbes)

Michigan 2024 Trump-Harris polls: Harris narrowly leads in one of her key states (Forbes)

Pennsylvania 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Harris Leads Less than 1 Point in Polling Average (Forbes)

North Carolina 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Near Tie in New 7th Swing State (Forbes)

Georgia 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Most Surveys Show Trump Ahead in Pivotal Swing State (Forbes)

Nevada 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Harris Has Narrow Lead – But Struggles With Latino Voters (Forbes)

Wisconsin 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Latest Polls Show Trump With Slight Edge (Forbes)

Arizona 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Trump Has Advantage in Latest Swing State Poll (Forbes)