A poll released Sunday found former President Donald Trump continues to hold a slim lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of their debate last week.
The poll found Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-03) with a comparable lead over former newswoman Kari Lake in Arizona’s race for the U.S. Senate, after a Democratic strategist called the race “essential” for the party to retain its senate majority.
In a survey conducted in the two days following the September 10 debate between Trump and Harris, the Trafalgar Group found 47.1 percent of likely voters in Arizona support Trump, while 45.5 percent support Harris, suggesting the former president is ahead by less than 2 percent.
Trump’s lead over Harris remains within the pollsters’ 2.9 percent margin of error, and an additional 2.9 percent told pollsters they plan to vote for another candidate, while 4.5 percent remain undecided.
The survey was largely reflective of Trump’s position in the RealClearPolling aggregate of surveys, which shows the former president 1.3 percent ahead of the vice president
While Trump was the narrow winner of the Trafalgar Group’s presidential survey, the results were nearly inverted for the Senate race between Gallego and Lake, as 47.2 percent said they planned to vote for the Democrat, while to 43 percent told pollsters they intend to vote for Lake, giving the Democrat a 4.2 percent lead.
