Vice President Kamala Harris is cutting into the enthusiasm advantage former President Donald Trump had over President Joe Biden, particularly among black voters, according to a new CBS-YouGov poll.
The poll found that Harris and Trump are statistically tied nationally and across the collective battleground states, with Harris having a 1‑point edge nationally, which expands to 2 points when third parties are included.
Trump had a 5‑point national head-to-head lead on Biden in the CBS and YouGov poll that was conducted before the president announced two weeks ago he would no longer seek reelection and endorsed Harris in his place. The battlegrounds surveyed included Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
But it is the number of black registered voters who told pollsters they will now “definitely vote” in November that could help Harris in cities such as Detroit, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee, the population centers of the blue wall battleground states of Mi …