- Vice President Harris failed to get the usual post-convention polling boost
Kamala Harris did not rise in the polls after the Democratic National Convention.
Normally, the love affair of a political convention results in a stampede for the party’s candidate, but this year there was an exception for both the Republican and Democratic conventions.
According to the US presidential candidate, the chances for the vice president are now essentially the same as they were two weeks ago before the DNC in Chicago. a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released on Sunday.
Harris has 50 percent of support among all adults and registered voters, compared to 46 percent who say they would vote for Trump if the election were held today.
Vice President Kamala Harris still holds a narrow lead over Donald Trump, but has failed to capture the post-Convention boost in the polls
The Democratic candidate also leads the pack among likely voters.
Her lead is 2 percent, outside the poll’s margin of error. But that small lead has historically meant little to nothing for candidates’ actual chances of winning in November.
While the results are nearly identical to those before the DNC, the gender gap in preferences has widened, with women favoring Harris over Trump by 13 points, 54 percent versus 41 percent.
Before the convention, Harris had a 6-point lead among female voters and a 3-point lead among male voters, according to ABC polls.
Trump now has a 5-point lead among men, 51 percent to 46 percent.
Like Harris, Trump did not experience the usual upswing after the RNC in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in July.
The stalled nature of the Trump-Harris battle is a sign of the gridlock in the highly polarized 2024 race as campaigns enter the final two months before Election Day.
Both campaigns are targeting independent and undecided voters in the seven key swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
