A new poll out of Michigan shows Kamala Harris and Donald Trump tied in the all-important battleground state with just over 100 days to go before Election Day.
According to the Detroit News-WDIV-TV poll conducted after Biden dropped out of the presidential race and Harris jumped in, Harris and Trump are tied at 41 percent each among likely general election voters.
The poll also found third party candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. who is running in the state as the ‘Natural Law Party’ nominee has the support of 10 percent of likely voters. Another 6 percent of voters are undecided.
Zoom in a little further and Harris is slightly ahead of Trump by a third of a percentage point but that is well within the margin of error.
The new poll suggests the state of the race in Michigan, which is viewed as essential for Democrats to win in November, has seen a dramatic shift from when Biden was still running.
New Michigan poll shows Harris and Trump tied at 41 percent each in the battleground state
A similar survey conducted by the group in Michigan six months ago found Biden was trailing Trump by eight points in a head-to-head matchup in the state: 47 percent to 39 percent with three percent of likely voters undecided.
According to the poll released on Thursday, Kennedy is leading among Independent voters but barely with a even split between those who ‘lean Republican’ and ‘lean Democrat.’
He is polling at 27 percent, Harris 26 percent and Trump 25 percent among Independents, but nearly 18 percent of Independents remain undecided.
Independent candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. is polling at 10 percent in Michigan and pulling an even split among Democratic leaning and Republican leaning Independent voters
Trump won the state in 2016 but Biden was able to flip it back to blue in 2020 with just over 150,000 more votes than the ex-president. Democrats and Republicans have both been campaigning hard in the swing state leading up to November.
The poll comes just days after Donald Trump held his first rally in Michigan after officially accepting the Republican presidential nomination at the convention in Milwaukee.
His Grand Rapids rally was also his first with running mate J.D. Vance, who he announced at the very last minute during the convention.
Choosing the Ohio senator was viewed as a move that could help the ex-president with voters in the Rust Belt, but the GOP vice presidential nominees conservative leanings and anti-abortion stance could be a problem with especially among women in Michigan where abortion rights was the most important issue in the 2022 midterms.
Trump with running mate Senator J.D. Vance at their rally in Grand Rapids, MI on July 20
Meanwhile, Harris must still decide who her running mate will be with a looming deadline as the Democratic delegates have an August 7 deadline to officially nominate candidates for the top of their ticket.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s name has been mentioned as a potential vice presidential pick.
While the governor has endorsed Harris for president and vowed to help get her elected, Whitmer said in an interview this week that she is committed to finishing her second term in the state having been reelected during the 2022 midterms.
Vice President Harris arriving at a campaign event in Kalamazoo, MI on July 17
President Biden held a rally in Detroit just over a week before he dropped out of the presidential race. Harris made a campaign stop in Kalamazoo just over a week ago while she was still the presumptive vice presidential nominee.
While Whitmer has already been promoting Harris in the state, the vice president has not yet set a date to return to Michigan as the presumptive presidential nominee.
