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Kamala Harris takes 7-point lead over Donald Trump in new poll

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Newsweek, August 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris has a 7-point lead over Former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll. The Big Village poll, conducted between August 23 and 28, has given the Democratic nominee her biggest lead over Trump since she entered the race in July after President Joe Biden dropped out.

The poll found that Harris has 50.4 percent support, compared with Trump’s 43.4 percent, among likely voters. Among registered voters, she is leading by 6 points, 48.4 percent to 42.4 percent. The Big Village poll surveyed 2,020 adults, 1,681 registered voters and 1,511 likely voters. The margin of error was plus or minus 2 percent among all adults and among registered voters and plus or minus 3 percent among likely voters.

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