New Hampshire is now a tossup state after leaning towards Vice President Kamala Harris, RealClearPolitics forecasted on Thursday.
The forecast suggests former President Donald Trump is increasing his path to victory by difficult Harris in a state that political consultants count on the vp to win.
The identical isn’t true for Harris, who doesn’t appear to be making any inroads into strong crimson states:
The shift got here after New Hampshire Journal/Praecones Analytica launched a ballot exhibiting Trump main Harris by 0.4 factors (50.2- 49.8 %).
“There’s a cause Kamala Harris has been spending cash in New Hampshire. She’s on protection and is aware of President Trump is on the trail to victory,” Trump nationwide marketing campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt stated in an announcement.
Newsweek reported on the state of the race within the Granite State:
Polling aggregators and particular person polls nonetheless put Harris forward within the state, though Trump continues to be making good points. For instance, FiveThirtyEight exhibits that Harris is 5.1 factors forward in New Hampshire, down from 7 factors initially of October. In the meantime, pollster Nate Silver‘s tracker exhibits Harris 5.2 factors forward within the state, with Trump having gained 2.2 factors within the polls in New Hampshire previously month.
Harris has led each particular person ballot in New Hampshire since she grew to become the Democratic nominee for president, apart from the latest New Hampshire Journal/Praecones Analytica ballot.
The latest survey from The Dartmouth Ballot, performed between October 5 and 18, confirmed Harris main Trump by a large 20.8 factors (58.5 % to 37.7 %). That ballot surveyed 2,211 registered New Hampshire voters.
Harris and Trump are nearly tied in all seven swing states, though polling is much less essential with 5 days to go till Election Day.
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