11/04/2024

In Surprise, Harris Possesses Slight Lead over Trump in Iowa Poll

The poll results show Kamala Harris' strength among women

A well-regarded poll released Saturday shows Vice President Kamala Harris with a slight lead over former president Donald Trump in Iowa, a state that analysts have regarded as so solidly red that neither candidate has focused on it in final pitches and one that prognosticators have viewed as having virtually no chance of flipping.

Released Saturday, three days before Election Day, the latest Des Moines Register-Mediacom poll shows Harris with an edge over Trump at 47 percent to 44 percent, an unexpected finding after the former president held the lead in the mid-September Iowa Poll.

In the June Iowa Poll, Trump held an 18-point lead over President Joe Biden before he abandoned his reelection campaign.

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