Democrats are anxious over recent polling data which suggests the race for the White House is tightening in swing states.
Kamala Harris has held a small but noticeable lead over Donald Trump since President Joe Biden announced his intention to stand aside at the upcoming presidential election. A honeymoon period for a fresh face boosted her popularity among would-be voters, but the race has since tightened as the honeymoon came to an end.
This October, Trump closed the gap to what is now a neck-and-neck race between the two, with bookmakers leaning towards the Republican as the next president-elect of the United States.
On Friday CNN shared the latest data on three swing states – Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. The latter with its 19 electoral college votes is deemed crucial for both Trump and Harris, while Michigan and Wisconsin have been the Democrat’s strongest states of the seven up for grabs.
Harris’ 2-3 percentage point lead has shrunk to just over one point in all three, marking bad news for the Vice President’s hopes for re-election. Moreover, her one-point lead is a stark contrast to 2016 and 2020, where Hillary Clinton and Biden led by eight and seven points at this stage respectively. Trump would go on to perform considerably better than polls suggested in both elections.
CNN also found that Democrats were more likely to be upset if Trump wins than vice versa by a ten-point difference, the findings of which soon became clear on social media.
Others believed the writing was on the wall for Harris’ campaign.
