Democrats hoping Kamala Harris has what it takes to defeat President Trump after forcing Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race Sunday could also be in for a disappointment.
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A statewide ballot in Georgia by the Atlanta Journal-Structure launched Sunday reveals President Trump main Kamala Harris by 5 factors in a head-to-head Georgia match-up, 51 to 46 p.c. The ballot was taken July 9-18 with 1,000 possible voters with a 3.1 p.c margin of error.
Georgia GE: @ajc | College of Georgia
Donald Trump: 51% (+5)
Kamala Harris: 46%#63 (2.2/3.0) | 1,000 LV | July 9-18https://t.co/0mGYvUy2EG pic.twitter.com/IJhSsiQjQc
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) July 21, 2024
A nationwide ballot taken the week earlier than the assassination try on Trump reveals him beating Harris by eight factors in a six-way match-up.
The Manhattan Institute ballot of two,100 possible voters was taken July 7-13 and launched July 16. The ballot has Trump at 44 p.c, Harris at 36, p.c help with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at six p.c and Chase Oliver, Jill Stein and Cornel West every garnering one p.c help. (Unsure, 5 p.c; another person, 4 p.c; is not going to vote, two p.c. The ballot has a margin of error of two.7 p.c.
In a face to face match-up, Trump leads Harris 48 to 46 p.c with six p.c undecided.
Trump additionally beat Biden (48-45) and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (47-43) in face to face matchups.
2024 Nationwide GE:
Trump 44% (+8)
Harris 36%
Kennedy 6%
West 1%
Stein 1%
Oliver 1%.@ManhattanInst, 2,100 LV, 7/7-13 https://t.co/ddAW0rJy9h
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) July 21, 2024
Politico reported Sunday that Biden determined to drop out after aides briefed him on polling exhibiting he had no method to win (excerpt):
Early Saturday, Biden informed senior aides it was “full steam forward” for the marketing campaign. However by later that night, he had modified his thoughts following a protracted dialogue together with his two closest aides.
Steve Ricchetti, who’s been with Biden since his days within the Senate, drove to see the president at his home on the Delaware shore on Friday. Mike Donilon arrived on Saturday. The 2 males, each of whom had been by Biden’s facet throughout key choices about whether or not to hunt the presidency in 2016 and 2020, sat at a distance from the president, nonetheless testing optimistic for Covid, and offered damning new data in a gathering that may hasten the top of Biden’s political profession.
Along with presenting new issues from lawmakers and updates on a fundraising operation that had slowed significantly, they carried the marketing campaign’s personal polls, which got here again this week and confirmed his path to victory in November was gone, in accordance with 5 folks conversant in the matter, who, like others interviewed for this text, had been granted anonymity to debate non-public conversations. Biden requested a number of questions through the trade.
Harris introduced her candidacy for the presidency in an announcement Sunday afternoon following Biden’s withdrawal and endorsement of her. Paperwork was filed with the Federal Election Fee altering the Biden-Harris marketing campaign to Harris for President.
It’s getting FEC official — Biden for President marketing campaign simply filed this discover amending it to the Harris for President committee. pic.twitter.com/Pb5qOEmVyx
— stephen fowler (@stphnfwlr) July 21, 2024
