Vice-President Kamala Harris’ lead over Donald Trump has grown since the presidential debate on Tuesday.
A Morning Consult Poll shows Harris leading Trump by 5 points, 50% to 45% after the debate in Philadelphia. Harris previously led Trump by 3 points in the same poll before the debate.
Harris similarly leads Trump by 5 points in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Harris received 47 percent support from registered voters to Trump’s 42 percent.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll from late last month found Harris at 45 percent versus Trump’s 41 percent support among registered voters.
“It’s too early to say whether Harris’ debate performance is the key driver of our latest head-to-head numbers, as our short-term trends suggest she was already building momentum ahead of Tuesday’s televised match-up,” Morning Consult analysts wrote.
Still, Harris had a successful debate Tuesday night. She delivered aggressive attacks that rattled Trump, causing him to lose control and wasted valuable time promoting debunked conspiracy theories about abortion and immigration and outright lies about the economy and foreign policy.
Several polls released after the debate shows Harris as the clear winner.
“What’s clearer is that Harris’ debate performance will help her sustain that momentum, keeping her in the driver’s seat of a close contest that is very likely to be decided by tens of thousands of voters in a few key swing states,” Morning Consult Analysts wrote.
The Harris campaign is taking a victory lap after the debate, posting most of the debate on X and referring to it as its “newest ad.
Meanwhile, the Trump campaign is blaming ABC News moderators for the former president’s dismal performance and the candidate is even suggesting that the network should have their broadcasting license pulled.
The Morning Consult survey was conducted Wednesday among 3,317 likely voters and has a margin of error of ±2 percentage points.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted between Sept. 10-12 among 1,690 people and 1,405 registered voters and had a margin of error ±3 points among the registered voters.
