Kamala Harris Has Won Over 60% of Undecided Voters in Past Month: Poll

Kamala Harris has won over 60 percent of undecided voters in the past month, according to a new poll.
Emerson College polling, conducted between October 14 and 16, shows that among undecided voters who chose who they would vote for in the past week or month, 60 percent opted for the Democratic vice president, while 36 percent opted for Republican former President Donald Trump.
Among those voters, 57 percent opted for Harris in the past month, while 41 percent opted for Trump. Meanwhile, among undecided voters who chose who they would vote for in the past week, 65 percent chose Harris, while 27 percent opted for Trump.
Voters who decided who to support over a month ago broke for Trump, 52 percent to 48 percent.
The poll found that a majority of voters (80 percent) said they made up their minds about which candidate to support over a month ago, while 11 percent made up their minds in the last month, 6 percent made up their minds in the past week, and 3 percent still have not made up their mind.
“The three percent of voters who said they could still change their mind currently favor Harris, 48 percent to 43 percent,” Spencer Kimball, Emerson College Polling executive director, said.
The poll surveyed 1,000 likely voters and had a margin of error of +/-3 percent.
In response to the poll, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung told Newsweek: “President Trump is out working Kamala Harris, and voters know America can no longer survive under Kamala’s destructive policies of soaring inflation, an out-of-control border, and rampant crime terrorizing every community.”
Newsweek reached out to the Harris campaign for comment.
The poll offers a positive boost for the Harris campaign, which has been grappling with declining numbers in an increasingly tight race.
A Fox News poll conducted from October 11 to 14 among 1,110 registered voters and 870 likely voters showed Trump leading Harris by 2 points, with Trump at 50 percent and Harris at 48 percent. This marked a 4-point swing from September when Harris was ahead by 2 points.
Similarly, an ActiVote poll from early October showed Trump with a 1.2-point lead nationally, a reversal from September when Harris held a 5.4-point advantage.
Trump has also gained ground in key swing states. A Fabrizio/McLaughlin poll from October 9 showed the former president leading in each of the seven swing states. Meanwhile, RealClearPolitics’ tracker now shows that with no toss-up states, Trump is forecast to win in every battleground state after Wisconsin flipped Republican earlier this week.
The former president’s lead in the battleground states means the pollster now forecasts that the former president will win the election with 312 Electoral College votes to Harris’s 226.
However, FiveThirtyEight and Nate Silver’s forecast still show that Harris is ahead and expected to win in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Nevada, which would get her over the 270 Electoral College votes threshold to win.
Harris needs 44 electoral votes from toss-up states to secure victory, while Trump would require 51.
Nonetheless, FiveThirtyEight’s poll tracker shows that Harris’ vote share is declining in Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. In contrast, Trump’s vote share has grown marginally in Arizona and Georgia since the beginning of October. Trump’s lead has narrowed in North Carolina from 0.7 to 0.5 points.
In a recent newsletter, Silver described the race as “razor-thin,” saying: “Recent polls show a virtual tie in key Midwestern battlegrounds, making it a true 50/50 contest.”
According to FiveThirtyEight, Harris leads Trump by 2.4 points nationally, while Silver’s tracker has her ahead by 2.5 points. Meanwhile, Silver’s forecast shows Trump has a 50.2 percent chance of winning the election, while Harris has a 49.5 percent chance.