A brand new poll from The Wall Street Journal discovered that the gap between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in seven critical battleground states is infinitesimal, which has led to a Democratic pollster making the proclamation that the general election this year “really could not be closer.” Man, that should be making folks on both sides of the spectrum sweat through their underwear. How can you not be nervous about such a statement? This is one of, if not the most important elections of our time.
I know, I know. We always say that. But if you look at the erosion of our liberties combined with the economic collapse we’re experiencing, well, the long term prognosis is not good.
Via Fox News:
The survey of 600 registered voters in each of the states, which was conducted Sept. 28-Oct. 8 with a margin of error of +/-4 percentage points, found that in a head-to-head contest, Trump and Harris are tied in North Carolina and Wisconsin. Harris leads Trump 48%-46% in Arizona and Georgia, and 49%-47% in Michigan, according to the poll. In Nevada, Trump has his biggest swing state lead of 49%-43%, while he leads Harris in Pennsylvania 47%-46%, the poll also found.
“It really could not be closer,” Democrat Michael Bocian, one of the pollsters who worked on the survey, told The Wall Street Journal. “It’s an even-steven, tight, tight race.” Overall, Trump leads Harris 46%-45%, with 93% of Democrats and Republicans across the seven states indicating their support for their parties’ respective candidates. As for independent voters, 40% said they would vote for Harris, compared to 39% for Trump.
The issues that voters say they trusted Trump to handle better than Harris included the economy — no shock there — inflation, and immigration and border security. However, participants revealed they trusted Harris more when it came to the issues of affordable housing, abortion, and health care. However, 47 percent of those who were involved in the poll stated they think Trump will stand up better for the average American worker, compared to 45 percent for Harris.
“This thing is a dead heat and is going to come down to the wire. These last three weeks matter,” Republican pollster David Lee said in comments delivered to the Journal.
The newspaper cited Lee as saying that around this time in 2020, Biden had polling average leads of more than 5 points over Trump in each of the industrial northern swing states, compared to the narrower margins Harris is facing right now. However, Bocian says that Trump had a “clear advantage” over Biden in March — the last time the Journal polled the swing states — during a period where third-party candidates were having a “massive impact” on the numbers.
Anyone who still thinks Harris has their best interest at heart has been asleep at the wheel for the last three years. Biden and his vice president have had an entire term to improve the state of the country and the only thing that has come about as a result of their policies is catastrophic economic conditions, an invasion at the southern border, and an absurd hike in the price of groceries. Hardly what you’d call accomplishments that build trust.