A new set of Wall Street Journal state polls released this Friday finds the presidential races tied in the United States among registered voters in six swing states, with Donald Trump maintaining a slight lead over Kamala Harris in Nevada.
- Arizona: Kamala has 47% and Trump 45%
- Georgia: Kamala has 46% and Trump 45%
- Michigan: Kamala has 47% and Trump 45%
- North Carolina: Trump has 46% and Kamala 45%
- Pennsylvania: Trump has 46% and Kamala 45%
- Wisconsin: Kamala has 46% and Trump 45%
- Nevada: Trump has 47% and Kamala 42%
The margins in each state are similar when looking at a head-to-head matchup between just Kamala and Trump.
Economy and Abortion
Combining data from all seven states, the Wall Street Journal survey finds that Trump has an advantage over Kamala in confidence in handling the economy (50% trust him more, compared to 40% who opt for Kamala).
A 65% majority of registered voters in those states say inflation moved in the wrong direction last year (down from 74% who said the same in March). Additionally, 50% said their own finances had moved in the wrong direction, relatively unchanged from earlier this year.
Meanwhile, 41% of voters in those states call the economy or inflation their top issue in the election, compared to 18% who choose abortion.
Across all states, 28% of registered voters choose abortion as the issue they feel so strongly about that they could not vote for a candidate who disagreed with them, while a full 17% choose the economy or inflation.
In all seven states, Kamala leads Trump, 51% to 35%, in confidence to address abortion.
About the search
The Wall Street Journal poll was conducted from September 28 to October 8 by phone and online, and interviewed 600 voters in each of the following states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Results for the full set of registered voters in each state have a margin of sampling error of +/- 4.0 percentage points; for the combined data, it is +/- 1.5 percentage points.
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This content was originally published in US Election: Wall Street Journal survey in swing states shows fierce dispute on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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