Former President Donald Trump is holding a slight lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia, according to a new poll.
The survey of 969 likely voters conducted Sept. 4-Sept. 8 by Quinnipiac College showed Republican Trump with 49% of the vote to 45% for Democrat Harris, and 1% each for independent Cornel West and socialist Claudia De la Cruz. Trump’s lead is slightly above the poll’s margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.2%.
Not surprisingly, Trump and Harris held huge leads among self-identified members of their respective parties. Independents were divided equally, with Trump and Harris tied at 46%.
Men and white voters overwhelmingly favored Trump, with the former president leading Harris among men 56% to 37%, and holding an advantage of 68% to 28% among white voters.
Harris held a slightly smaller lead among women voters, leading Trump 52% to 43%. Black voters overwhelmingly supported Harris, with 82% of the vote to just 8% for Trump.
Georgia is considered one of a handful of battleground states in this year’s race for president. Four years ago saw Democrat Joe Biden carry the Peach State by a razor-thin majority of fewer than 12,000 votes over then-incumbent Trump, the first Democrat to win Georgia’s electoral votes since Bill Clinton in 1992.
