Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump in battleground Michigan by 5 points, a new survey found.
The poll from Susquehanna University Polling & Research shows Harris garnering 51.7 percent support to Trump’s 46.6 percent in the critical swing state. About half a percent of respondents, 0.5 percent, said they are still undecided and even less, 0.4 percent, say they will choose someone other than the party nominees.
Most people who were surveyed said they have “excellent” chances of voting in the upcoming election. Voters tend to say their top issues are inflation and the economy, illegal immigration and protecting democracy, the survey found.
Harris spent time in Michigan earlier this week, as both candidates look to secure the Great Lakes State with just a week left in the race. The vice president headlined an event in Ann Arbor, Mich., after visiting with manufacturing workers to highlight her agenda. She also called on Michiganders to vote early, hoping for a boost in the “blue wall” state.
Trump was in Michigan just days before. The former president defended his earlier criticism of Detroit on Friday. He said he wasn’t “disparaging” the Motor City, but just stating the facts.
Michigan might be one of the closest swing states in the race. The others may swing toward one candidate, but out of the seven, just Georgia and Michigan remain highly unpredictable.
Just one Republican presidential candidate has carried Michigan since the 1980s. It was Trump in his 2016 campaign.
Harris’s lead has been erased in recent weeks and there are growing concerns among a critical group of the state’s population. With the country’s largest concentration of Arab Americans, there are concerns about how the White House has handled the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that could impact the vote.
The Hill/Decision Desk HQ’s aggregate of polls shows the vice president with a razor-thin lead over her GOP rival — 48.4 percent to 48.2 percent.
The Susquehanna poll was conducted Oct. 23-27 among 400 registered voters in Michigan. The margin of error is 4.9 percentage points.
