Former US President Donald Trump attends an event in Pennsylvania on September 4, 2024. Photo: AA/TTXVN
Battleground states are states that don’t tend to consistently vote for either Republican or Democratic candidates and are the states that often decide the outcome of presidential elections. For the 2024 US presidential election, states in this group include Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada.
According to an analysis of the latest poll results conducted by the research site RealClearPolitics.com, 48.3% of respondents in these seven states said they supported Mr. Trump on average, and voted for Ms. Harris. This was slightly higher than the 47.5% who said yes.
Specifically, Trump leads Harris by 1.4 points in Arizona and 1.1 points in Georgia. The former president leads Harris by 1 percentage point in North Carolina, 0.9 percentage point in Michigan, 0.5 percentage point in Nevada and Pennsylvania, and 0.1 percentage point in Wisconsin.
Candidates are actively campaigning in Michigan this weekend. The state is considered the most competitive, with polls showing both candidates trailing closely in terms of voter support.
Trump has used Michigan’s Arab-American voter group to rally support if they disagree with the ruling Democratic Party’s policies regarding the current war in Gaza. With this group of voters, Mr. Trump affirmed his desire for peace in the Middle East and that leadership in Washington would help achieve this goal.
Meanwhile, Harris also made remarks that drew attention to the prospects for peace in the Middle East following news that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in an Israeli attack, calling attention to members of the Arab American community. welcomed to his campaign event.
The Midwestern state has about 8,4 million voters, giving the winner 270 of the 15 votes needed for an outright victory, a number that could prove decisive. In 2016, Trump won Michigan with 11.000 million votes.
He also lost the state in 2020 to his Democratic opponent, current President Joe Biden, by 155,000,700 votes. Nationally, Harris’ lead has shrunk to about 3 percentage points from about 7 percentage points in late September, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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