In July, President Joe Biden ended his campaign and backed Vice-President Kamala Harris, upending the initial 2020 rematch in the election.
The key question at hand is whether America will elect a second term for Donald Trump or its first female president.
We’ll be monitoring the polls as election day draws near to observe how the campaign affects the White House race.
Who is at the top of the national polls?
Since entering the race at the end of July, Harris has maintained a slight lead over Trump in the national polling averages, and this advantage is evident in the figure below with this.
In the first few weeks of her campaign, Harris’ polling numbers improved, and by the end of August, she had a lead of about four percentage points.
Even after the sole discussion between the two candidates, which was viewed by about 70 million people on September 10, the numbers have remained largely unchanged since early September.
The poll tracking chart below illustrates how little the race has moved nationally over the past few weeks, with the dots representing each candidate’s individual poll results and the trend lines representing the averages.
