Ms. Harris accepted the Democratic Party 's nomination on August 22 at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to run in the 2024 US presidential election. She joined the presidential race just over a month later. when President Joe Biden announced he would stop running for election on July 21.
Newsweek reported that in the past few weeks, most national polls showed an extremely tense race between Ms. Harris and Mr. Trump - the Republican candidate. However, most polls show Ms. Harris leading, although both are deadlocked in battleground states - states that are often decisive for the ultimate victory in US presidential elections .
On August 23, Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) and Braun Research announced new poll results of 801 voters, conducted from August 17-20, showing that 50% of voters polled supported her presidency. Harris while 43% support Mr. Trump. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5%.
Broken down by party, 95% of Democrats surveyed, 38% of independents and 2% of Republicans supported Harris. 33% of independents, 95% of Republicans and 3% of Democrats support Mr. Trump.
The poll was conducted while independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. still in the race. However, Mr. Kennedy Jr. officially quit on August 23 and endorsed Donald Trump . National polls show Mr. Kennedy Jr. received about 5% of the votes - a number that could affect the outcome of the election because the gap between Mr. Trump and Ms. Harris is very small.
