Kamala Harris widens lead over Trump in new poll, gains support from women

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In a recent poll, Democrat Kamala Harris widened her lead over Republican Donald Trump, reflecting a surge in voter enthusiasm ahead of the November 5 election..

Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 45% to 41% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Thursday that showed the vice president sparking new enthusiasm among voters and shaking up the race ahead of the November 5 election...

In the seven states where the 2020 election was closest - Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, Michigan and Nevada - Trump had a 45% to 43% lead over Harris among registered voters in the poll...

That poll showed Harris led Trump by 2 percentage points among registered voters across the seven states and was ahead by 1 point a statistical tie among likely voters..

And while a March Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 61% respondents who intended to vote for Biden were doing so mainly to stop Trump, 52% of Harris voters in the August poll were voting to support her as a candidate rather than primarily to oppose Trump...

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