Vice President Harris holds a snug lead within the presidential race in Virginia, based on a brand new ballot from Emerson Faculty/The Hill/WAVY-TV 10/WVBT FOX43.
Fifty-two p.c of possible Virginia voters mentioned if the election have been held at the moment they’d vote for Harris, whereas 44 p.c mentioned the identical about Trump. 4 p.c mentioned they have been both undecided or supporting another person.
The most recent polling marks a big shift from the final Emerson Faculty ballot out of Virginia, which was carried out in July previous to President Biden exiting the race. That ballot confirmed Trump main Biden 45 p.c to 43 p.c with 11 p.c saying they have been undecided.
“Trump’s support has not significantly shifted since Harris became the nominee in Virginia; instead, undecided voters have moved off the sidelines to back Kamala Harris,” mentioned Spencer Kimball, government director of Emerson Faculty Polling.
The ballot tracks with current polling out of Virginia exhibiting Harris main Trump by a snug margin. A Washington Submit-Schar College ballot launched earlier this month confirmed Harris main Trump 50 p.c to 42 p.c, whereas a Morning Seek the advice of ballot launched that very same week confirmed Harris topping Trump by 10 factors in Virginia, 52 to 42 p.c.
The Hill’s Choice Desk HQ common has Harris main Trump by 5.9 factors.
Democrats are additionally performing properly within the state’s Senate race. In keeping with the Emerson Faculty/The Hill ballot, incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) leads his Republican opponent Republican Hung Cao by ten factors.
The Emerson Faculty/The Hill/WAVY-TV 10/WVBT FOX43 ballot was carried out on Sept. 22-24 amongst 860 possible voters. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.3 proportion factors.
