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 nearly tied, with new polls out Tuesday showing one-point races in Michigan, Arizona and Nevada, all within the margins of error.

Key facts

Nevada: Trump is ahead 48%-47% in Nevada, according to a CNN/SSRS poll map out released Tuesday (margin of error 4.6 points), Harris is up 48.8%-48.3% in a Bloomberg poll out Wednesday (margin of error 5), but Trump is ahead 47%-46% in an AARP vote released Oct. 22 (margin of error 4), and they are tied at 48% in a Washington Post-Schar poll released Oct. 21 (margin of error 4.8). Harris leads by 0.2 points in FiveThirtyEight’s poll average.

Arizona: Harris leads 48%-47% in CNN/SSRS poll (margin of error 4.4), Trump leads 50%-49% in a Marist vote released Thursday (margin of error 3.7), and Trump is ahead by three points – 49%-46% – in the Washington Post-Schar School poll (margin of error 5), but Bloomberg reports an actual tie 49.1%-48.8% Harris lead, within the three-point margin of error. Trump is up 1.8 points in FiveThirtyEights poll average.

Michigan: Trump leads Harris 49%-48% in one Emerson study released Tuesday (margin of error 3 points), while Harris’ 49.6%-46.5% edge marks the largest lead of any state polled by Bloomberg, but it’s still within the four-point margin of error — and it matches Harris’ 49% -46% lead in Quinnipiac poll (margin of error 2.9) released October 23. Harris is up 0.7 points in Michigan in FiveThirtyEight’s poll average.

Georgia: Trump and Harris are tied at 49% in Marist vote (margin of error 3.9), and Trump leads 49.9%-48.4% in Bloomberg poll (margin of error 3) and 47%-43% in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution vote of likely voters out Tuesday (margin of error 3.1), while the Washington Post-Schar vote (margin of error 4.5) found Harris ahead 51%-47%. Trump leads by 1.5 points in FiveThirtyEight’s poll average.

North Carolina: Trump is up 50%-48% in Marist vote-within the 3.6-point margin of error – and he’s up 50% to 48% at an Emerson College vote released Thursday (also within the 3.1-point margin of error), while the Bloomberg poll showed him leading 49.6%-48.5% (margin of error 4) and the Washington Post-Schar poll had him ahead 50%-47 % (margin of error) 3.9). FiveThirtyEight’s average shows Trump with an advantage of 1.2 points.

Wisconsin: The state is about as close as it gets, as Trump is up 49% to 48% in Emerson map out (margin of error 3.4), 48.3%-48% in the Bloomberg poll (margin of error 4) and the two candidates are tied at 48% in a Wednesday Quinnipiac vote (margin of error 2.9), while Harris has a 50%-47% lead in the Washington Post-Schar poll (margin of error 4.6). Harris is up 0.1 points in FiveThirtyEights average.

Pennsylvania: Trump leads 49% to 48% in Emerson vote (margin of error 3.4), while Bloomberg found Harris up 50%-48.2% (margin of error 3), and she had a 49%-47% advantage in the Washington Post-Schar poll (margin of error 4.6). Still, Trump leads Harris by 0.3 points in FiveThirtyEight’s poll average.

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0.4. That’s how many points Trump leads Harris in RealClearPolitics’ national poll averagewhile FiveThirtyEight is average shows Harris up 1.5 points.

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 Polls 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)