Poll after poll brings joyful news for Harris-Walz ticket

Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t see a big bounce in polling after the Democratic National Convention, but instead has continued her presidential campaign’s momentum with steady, sustained gains that have put more states in play. A huge surge in Democratic enthusiasm for Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, is helping to drive that momentum.

Harris surged ahead of Republican nominee Donald Trump in a USA Today/Suffolk University poll of likely voters released Thursday, gaining a 5-percentage-point lead nationally (48% to 43%). That flips the script from late June, when Trump led President Joe Biden by 4 points. Her biggest gains come from the coalition of voters the campaign needs in order to win.

"With the 'Brat Summer' of Kamala Harris emojis winding down, young people, persons of color, and low-income households have swung dramatically toward the vice president," David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, told USA Today. "These same demographics were emphasized and woven together by numerous speakers at the convention."

When he says “dramatically,” that’s no exaggeration. In June, Trump led Biden by 3 points among low-income voters. Harris now has a 23-point lead over Trump among that demographic. And that’s not all.