Vice President Harris has a 3-point lead nationally over former President Trump, while the two are in a dead heat across the battleground states, according to a new poll.
The CBS News/YouGov survey, released Sunday, found Harris edged Trump out, 51 to 48 percent, marking the latest poll to show her leading the former president since she entered the race last month.
Trump and Harris both shored up an average of 50 percent support across the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the poll found.
The poll was released one day ahead of the start of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where Harris will seek to keep the momentum going for her party. She and her running mate, Minnesota Tim Walz (D), will formally accept their nominations and address the convention later this week.
Since replacing President Biden atop the Democratic ticket, Harris has quickly sparked energy for the Democratic Party and threatens the lead Trump held over the presidential race for months.
Trump, meanwhile, kept his lead in the new survey when it came to certain policies against Harris. He led the vice president by 8 points among those who said the economy is a major factor, though she saw a boost in support from women voters in this group when compared with Biden, pollsters noted.
Trump also came out on top among voters who said they aren't currently doing as well financially, CBS News reported.
A series of other surveys have shown Harris narrowing the gap with Trump in numerous national and swing-state polls. According to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ’s national polling average, she has a 1.8 percentage point lead over Trump based on an aggregate of 120 polls.
An ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll also released Sunday showed Harris has 49 percent support nationally, compared to Trump's 45 percent.
The CBS News/YouGov survey was conducted among 3,258 registered voters nationwide between Aug. 14 and 16. The margin of error for registered voters was 2.1 percentage points.
