If Trump calling Kamala Harris the B-word and a “communist” are not signs of a campaign running amok and worried, the Republications have more cause for concern coming from Florida on Tuesday where Trump’s lead over Harris is becoming narrower and narrower.
According to a new USA Today/Suffolk University/WSVN-TV survey of 500 likely voters released Tuesday, “Trump leads Harris by 5 percentage points in the survey, but that’s closer than the other recent polls and much less than Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 19-point blowout in 2022,” the survey noted. This, in effect, means that Harris is within striking distance of a 4.4 percent margin of error—another significant indication of Harris’s influence since she entered the presidential race.
Harris/Walz leads Trump by 3 percentage points in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, according to recent polls.
However, Democrats have fallen increasingly behind Republicans in voter registration. There are 1 million more registered Republicans in Florida than Democrats—a difficult hurdle for Harris/Walz to overcome.
Florida continues to be a key battleground state and a critical one for Harris to win, keeping in mind that Trump bested Biden by 3.3% in 2020.
“Given those circumstances, I was surprised that Harris is within striking distance being only 5 points down,” said David Paleologos, director of Suffolk University Political Research.
Harris’s bid for office has brought some critically important changes to the race, and with the team mounting an enthusiastic campaign through the battleground states, some new developments can be expected.