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The swing states are living up to their name this election season, as both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s edge in the polls are constantly shifting.
A recent poll out of Georgia, however, shows former President Trump beginning to take the lead over Vice President Harris. According to a Quinnipiac University survey of 942 likely Georgia voters, Trump received 50% of the vote to Harris’ 44%, well outside the poll’s margin of error.
Another 1% of the vote each went to Chase Oliver, the Libertarian candidate, as well as independents Cornel West and Claudia de la Cruz.
For Peach State voters, two issues continue to dog Harris: the economy and immigration. A resounding 53% said Trump would do a better job tackling those key issues. They also rated Trump higher on foreign policy, with 52% believing the former president would handle international conflicts better than Harris, coming in at 46%.
Not all polls are so clear cut as the one from Quinnipiac University.
The latest polls from AtlasIntel, deemed the most accurate by polling aggregator FiveThirtyEight, found Trump leading Harris in Georgia by a mere 0.6%, with 49.6% of the vote to Harris’ 49%.
AtlasIntel’s polls, which were conducted from Sept. 20 – 25, showed Trump also leading in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Harris led in the two remaining swing states, Nevada and North Carolina.
What about Trumps v. Harris betting odds?
After last night’s vice presidential debate between Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, betting odds have started to shift toward Trump.
According to Polymarket, which trades in cryptocurrency, Trump now leads Harris by 1%. On Betfair Exchange, the biggest peer-to-peer betting platform out of the United Kingdom, Trump’s odds have narrowly inched ahead.
These small changes happened overnight, as overseas bettors caught up on the debate.
But don’t count Harris out yet. Polling is traditionally unreliable, so it’s best to place your final bet closer to Election Day.
