Vice President Kamala Harris is beating former president Donald Trump nationally by six points – a “new record” for the Democratic nominee, according to a new poll released a week after their presidential debate.
The Morning Consult poll, published on Tuesday, found Harris gaining a six-point lead by winning 51 percent of support among likely voters, compared to Trump at 45 percent.
The poll found that only two percent of likely voters said they would prefer someone else, while the other 2 percent had no opinion.
This is Harris’ highest margin to date compared to the pre-debate polls.
“Her 51% of support among likely voters, which is also at a record high, is driven largely by her best figures to date among Democrats, Biden 2020 voters, liberals, women, 18- to 34-year-olds and millennials,” pollsters wrote.
Harris is appealing to her potentially strongest base: young woman and African-Americans. (Image: Getty)
The poll also found that 61 percent of likely voters who watched last week’s presidential debate in Philadelphia, moderated by ABC News, said that Harris bested Trump.
Around one in five Republicans also said the same, while only 33 percent of likely voters said that Trump won the debate.
“That 28-point margin in Harris’ favor is even larger than the 25-point advantage Trump garnered against President Joe Biden in our post-debate survey in late June,” the poll wrote.
The Democratic nominee also lept to six points over Trump when it comes to favorability with independents, with 47 percent of them supporting Harris and 41 percent supporting Trump.
The poll found that only six percent said they would prefer another choice.
Donald Trump is looking to gain a boost in support among the younger male generation. (Image: Getty)
Harris also has a 60-point lead among Black voters, with 78 percent supporting her and only 18 percent backing Trump.
With less than 50 days until Election Day, both Harris and Trump are in a razor-thin, tight race to sway tens of thousands of young adults votes in several key battleground states, many of whom make up the majority of undecided voters.
Harris, who is aiming to become the first African-American female and Asian-American female president, is looking to gain a broad appeal of woman and African American voters, who have been leaning progressive in recent years amid a surge in abortion-rights activism after the 2022 Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
Harris have also recently gained a boost in support among the young generation after the end of last week’s debate when pop artist Taylor Swift endorsed the Democratic nominee on her Instagram profile, which has 284 million followers.
“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” Swift said in her post attached with a custom link to vote,gov., attracting roughly 338,000 voters to the voter registration website.
And Taylor Swift is not the only celebrity to endorse Harris, as pop singer Billie Ellish have followed suit on Tuesday.
VP Kamala Harris gains a 6-point lead over Trump nationally, the latest post-debate poll says. (Image: Getty)
“We are voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz because they are fighting to protect our reproductive freedom, our planet and our democracy,” Eilish said in a video posted on X.
Trump, on the other hand, is focusing his attention on the younger male audience – potentially, his strongest political base – as he has previously appeared in podcasts with influencers such as comedian Theo Von, launching his TikTok account, and attending mixed-martial fights alongside UFC chief executive Dana White.
The Morning Consult poll was conducted from September 13 to 15, which had an unweighted margin of error of +/-1 percentage point, and surveyed 11,022 likely voters.
