A new poll in the swing state of Pennsylvania shows former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris tied among likely voters.
According to the poll conducted by Fabrizio, Lee & Associates, likely voters are divided on their opinions of both Mr. Trump and Ms. Harris.
According to the survey, 48% of those surveyed supported Mr. Trump, 48% supported Ms. Harris, and 4% said they were undecided.
Additionally, an equal number of independents, 44%, support both candidates, with 12% saying they are undecided.
Five percent of Republicans say they support Ms. Harris, and 7% of Democrats in the survey said they support Mr. Trump.
When third party candidates are thrown into the mix, the result is still a tie between Mr. Trump and Ms. Harris, with 45% each.
When these voters were asked if they approved or disapproved of the job that the candidates are doing or did in their respective posts at the White House, Mr. Trump holds a 51% approval and 48% disapproval rating, while Ms. Harris has a 43% approval rating and a 50% disapproval rating.
Although Mr. Trump has a better image and job approval score than Ms. Harris, the poll shows them currently tied.
President Biden’s job approval ratings are still low.
Still, according to the survey, Ms. Harris has not been equally affected by the Biden-Harris administration policies that led to his low ratings, despite her support for these policies.
He gets a 57% job disapproval rating among Pennsylvania voters and 41% job approval, versus Ms. Harris’ 50% and 43% respectively.
President Biden won Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes in 2020 by just over one percentage point, while Mr. Trump won the state four years earlier against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by a margin of 0.72%.
Ms. Harris is expected to announce her running mate in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
The statewide survey of 600 likely Pennsylvania voters was conducted from July 29 to Aug. 1 on landlines (20%), cell phones (35%), and text-to-web (45%).
Respondents were randomly selected from the Pennsylvania voter list of all registered voters. The error margin is four percentage points.
• Kerry Picket can be reached at kpicket@washingtontimes.com.
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