Vice President Harris is main former President Trump in a key district in Nebraska, a brand new ballot discovered.
The CNN survey, performed by SSRS, discovered that 53 p.c of voters within the Cornhusker State’s 2nd Congressional District — represented by Rep. Don Bacon (R) — would vote for Harris and her working mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), in comparison with 42 p.c who would vote for the Trump and his working mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio).
Of these voting for Harris, 61 p.c mentioned their vote was in help of the vice chairman, and 38 p.c mentioned it will signify a vote in opposition to the GOP nominee, the survey discovered.
Of these voting for Trump, 74 p.c mentioned it is a vote for Trump, and 26 p.c mentioned it was a vote in opposition to Harris.
The ballot additionally discovered 87 p.c of respondents mentioned their thoughts is made up on whom they may vote for in November, in comparison with 12 p.c who mentioned they might change their thoughts.
When requested which points have been a very powerful to voters in Nebraska’s 2nd District, which encompasses most of Omaha, 33 p.c mentioned the financial system, 26 p.c mentioned defending democracy and 19 p.c mentioned abortion and reproductive rights.
With regard to whom they belief extra on dealing with the financial system, Trump narrowly beats Harris with 46 p.c help to her 45 p.c. On defending democracy, Harris leads Trump, 51 p.c to 37 p.c.
The vice chairman additionally has an edge over Trump on the problem of abortion and reproductive rights within the district — 54 p.c to 33 p.c — the ballot discovered.
Moreover, the survey discovered 91 p.c of respondents mentioned Trump’s views are so excessive that they pose a risk to the nation, whereas 9 p.c mentioned they aren’t so excessive. The numbers are comparable for Harris, with 90 p.c saying her views are excessive sufficient to pose a risk, in comparison with 10 p.c who mentioned they aren’t.
Republicans within the state have been urgent election officers to replace to a winner-takes-all system, however 60 p.c of voters within the district mentioned they needed to maintain the present system for awarding electoral votes.
The remaining 40 p.c have been in help of the replace, which possible would have added an electoral vote to Trump’s tally. That vote may have been vital as a result of one believable path within the presidential contest would see Harris touchdown on precisely 270 electoral votes.
The CNN survey was performed on-line and over the telephone from Sept. 20-25 amongst 749 possible voters in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. The margin of error was 4 proportion factors on the 95 p.c confidence degree.
