Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump find themselves in a tight presidential race three weeks before Election Day, as the average lead in the seven swing states that could potentially decide the election is less than 1%, within the statistical error.
US Vice President Harris leads the country with 1.7% (49.1% to Trump’s 47.4%), according to an average of the last ten polls compiled by the poll aggregator Real Clear Politics (RCP).
In comparison, the president of the US joe biden In 2020, the lead over Trump was 9.2 percentage points at this stage of the presidential race, and the Democratic candidate in 2016 Hillary Clinton According to the aggregator data, it was in the lead with 6.7 percentage points.
On Monday, Councilman Harris David Plouffe He said the race was virtually tied in the seven swing states, and that polls showing the vice president leading last month were far from reality.
“This is a race with a margin of error. Any poll that shows Kamala Harris leading by 4-5 points in one of these seven states, ignore it. “Any poll that shows Donald Trump this way, ignore it.” – Plouffe recently said in a podcast hosted by former employees of the former president of the United States. barack obama.
