Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, leads former President Donald Trump in North Carolina, a battleground state he won twice in past elections, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll released on Saturday.
The poll released by the Times and conducted by Siena College, which has previously earned a reputation for accuracy and transparency, shows Harris leading Trump in North Carolina 49 to 47 percent. The poll features results in four battleground states—Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina—with 2,670 likely voters surveyed between August 8 through 15 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.
Along with North Carolina, the poll found that Harris leads in Arizona with 50 percent versus Trump’s 45 percent. However, Trump continues to lead in Georgia with 50 percent and Harris at 46 percent. Trump also narrowly leads in Nevada with 48 percent versus the vice president’s 47 percent.
In a press memo, Trump’s campaign condemned the polling, stating it represents how “wildly inaccurate” the 2020 election results between Trump and President Joe Biden is being used to “create a phony lead” for Harris.
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