Vice President Harris leads former President Trump by 6 points in New Hampshire ahead of an expected showdown in November, according to two separate polls.
According to a poll released Thursday by the University of New Hampshire Research Center Harris, who announced her candidacy just this week after President Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday, leads Trump in the Granite State 49% to 43%. Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received 4% support and 3% of respondents said they were unsure.
In a two-way race between Harris and Trump, her lead increases slightly; 53 percent said they would support the vice president and 46 percent said they would support the former commander in chief.
After Biden announced he would no longer seek re-election, endorsing Harris, Democrats threw their support behind the vice president, breaking donation records and leaning into a highly online, meme-filled campaign. Although she is not yet the party’s official nominee, she appears to be on track for approval.
The poll found that Harris’ favorability has increased in recent months. In May, 24% of New Hampshire voters said they had a favorable opinion of her. That number jumped to 39% in the recent July survey.
She also received higher favorability ratings than Biden, Trump and Trump’s new running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio).
A separate searchconducted by the Saint Anselm College Research Center at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, also found that Harris maintains a 6-point lead over Trump, 50 percent to 44 percent, among registered voters.
The poll also found Harris’ favorability at 49 percent, a higher rating than Biden’s 39 percent and Trump’s 43 percent.
“Harris has reached a level of partisan enthusiasm that Biden has not, especially among the liberal base,” Neil Levesque, executive director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, said in a statement. “As Harris takes the lead in the campaign, the shifts in voter perceptions are expected to continue.”
The University of New Hampshire poll was conducted July 23-25 among 3,016 people and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 percent.
The Saint Anselm College survey was conducted July 24-25 among 2,083 respondents; its margin of error is 2.1%.
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