- Kamala Harris’ strength with female voters is fueling her overall leads in two new national polls.
- A CBS News poll showed Harris up by one point, while an ABC News poll had her ahead by four points.
- The presidential race remains close as Harris and Donald Trump stump across the US for votes.
With the US presidential election a little over a week away, the race remains close. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are crisscrossing the country to reach as many voters as possible.
In two major national polls released on Sunday, Harris held narrow advantages over Trump.
In a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, Harris had a four-point lead over Trump (51% to 47%) among likely voters. And in the latest CBS News/YouGov poll, Harris led Trump by one point (50% to 49%) among likely voters.
Harris held a two-point edge in the previous ABC poll, while she held a three-point advantage in the previous CBS poll.
The results reflect a race where both candidates remain competitive in the seven major swing states as they work to turn out as many of their supporters as possible during the early voting periods.
Harris has leaned into the economy and reproductive rights as she makes her closing arguments before voters, while Trump has continued to drive home his message of tackling both inflation and immigration at the US-Mexico border.
With less than 10 days to go before Election Day, the latest survey results reveal just how much women continue to power Harris’ lead.
The CBS poll showed Harris with a 12-point advantage (55% to 43%) over Trump among female likely voters. About 55% of female registered voters said Harris would be a strong president, compared to 45% of female voters who said she’d be a weak leader.
Male likely voters in the CBS survey backed Trump over Harris by nine points (54% to 45%), with 64% of male registered voters believing the former president would be a strong leader, compared to 36% who said he’d be weak.
Meanwhile, female registered voters were split down the middle regarding Trump’s leadership qualities, with 50% of respondents believing he’d be a strong commander in chief and 50% of respondents saying he’d be a weak leader.
The ABC poll also showed a sizable gender gap, with Harris ahead of Trump by 14 points (56% to 42%) among women, while Trump led with men by a six-point margin (51% to 45%). The vice president was also buoyed by a 19-point lead (59% to 40%) with suburban women, a margin that — if it holds — could prove to be decisive in states like Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
Former first lady Michelle Obama campaigned alongside Harris in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Saturday, where she warned against the abortion restrictions put into place by some states following the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe. v. Wade.
Obama said she understood the frustrations that many voters had with the “slow pace of change” but implored them not to support Trump or a third-party candidate.
“If we don’t get this election right, your wife, your daughter, your mother, we as women will become collateral damage to your rage,” she said. “Are you as men prepared to look into the eyes of the women and children you love and tell them that you supported this assault on our safety?”
