Here’s who is leading in the most important election campaigns in 2024

Upper line

The swing state race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is effectively tied, with the final New York Times pre-election poll showing Harris ahead in four of the seven states, Trump up in one and tied in two others — though polling averages shows that no candidate leads by more than 2.5 points in any of the seven battlegrounds.

Key facts

Pennsylvania: It couldn’t get closer—the candidates are tied at 48% in both a New York Times/Siena map out (margin of error 3.5 points) and a Morning Consult poll, along with three other tape last week, while Harris is ahead 50%-48% in a Marist vote and 48%-47% in a Washington Post voteand she is ahead 49%-48% in a big one Cooperative selection survey survey, though Trump is up 47%-46% on a Wednesday Quinnipiac vote. Trump leads Harris by 0.2 points in FiveThirtyEight’s poll average.

Georgia: Harris is ahead 48%-47% in the New York Times/Siena poll and Trump is up 50%-48% in the Morning Consult poll, while Trump has a 48%-47% lead on Thursday CNN/SSRS poll (margin of error 4.7), and he’s up by a more significant 51%-46% in the CES survey (2,663 respondents). Trump leads by 1.5 points in FiveThirtyEight’s poll average.

Michigan: Harris and Trump independents at 47% in New York Times/Siena map outalthough Harris is up 49%-48% in a Morning consultation opinion poll and 51%-48% i Marist vote along with three other investigations that found Harris in the lead, while Trump has a rare lead in one Washington Post poll released Thursday showing him up 47%-45% among registered voters, and he’s ahead 49%-48% in a Emerson study published Tuesday (margin of error 3 points). Harris is up 0.7 points in Michigan in FiveThirtyEight’s poll average.

Wisconsin: Harris is ahead 49%-47% in the New York Times/Siena vote50%-48% in Marist map out50%-47% in the CES survey (1,542 respondents), 51%-45% in CNN/SSRS poll and 50%-49% in one Marquette votewhile Trump has a lead of approximately one point (rounded to 48%-48%) according to Morning consultationTrump is up 49% to 48% in an Emerson map outand the two candidates are tied at 48% in a Quinnipiac vote. Harris is up 0.8 points in FiveThirtyEight’s average.

Nevada: New York Times/Siena vote shows Harris leading Trump 49%-46%, while Emerson vote published Friday found Harris ahead 48%-47% (margin of error 3.6 points), and she is up 51%-47% in CES map out (933 respondents), although Trump is ahead 48%-47% in a CNN/SSRS map out published Tuesday (margin of error 4.6 points). Trump is ahead by 0.7 points in FiveThirtyEights poll average.

Arizona: Trump leads 49%-45% in New York Times/Siena votehe is up 51%-47% in the CES poll (2,066 respondents) and he leads 50%-49% in a Marist vote released Oct. 24 (margin of error 3.7) and 49%-46% in a Washington Post-Schar school vote (margin of error 5), while Morning consultation shows a 48%-48% tie and Harris leads 48%-47% in one CNN/SSRS poll out this week (margin of error 4.4). Trump is up 2.6 points in FiveThirtyEights poll average.

big number

1 point. That’s Harris’ lead in FiveThirtyEight’s national poll average.

Key

Harris has a 49%-48% lead among voters across all seven battlegrounds, according to a new HarrisX/Forbes poll released Thursday, a statistical tie — but 14% of swing state voters are still weighing their options, meaning , that there is plenty of room for the race to switch.

Key background

Harris became the Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, amid a party uproar in the wake of his debate performance — dramatically changing the Democrats’ fortunes. Before the switch, polls consistently found Trump beating Biden in most battleground states, despite Biden winning six of the seven (excluding North Carolina) in the 2020 election.

Further reading

Trump vs. Harris 2024 Polls: Harris Retains Lead in 4 New Polls (Forbes)

Michigan 2024 Trump-Harris polls: Harris narrowly leads in one of her key states (Forbes)

Pennsylvania 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Harris Leads Less than 1 Point in Polling Average (Forbes)

North Carolina 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Near Tie in New 7th Swing State (Forbes)

Georgia 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Most Surveys Show Trump Ahead in Pivotal Swing State (Forbes)

Nevada 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Harris Has Narrow Lead – But Struggles With Latino Voters (Forbes)

Wisconsin 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Latest Polls Show Trump With Slight Edge (Forbes)

Arizona 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Trump Has Advantage in Latest Swing State Poll (Forbes)