- Vice President Harris failed to gain her usual momentum in post-convention polls
Kamala Harris failed to gain any momentum in the polls after the Democratic National Convention.
Typically, the love fest of a political convention ends with a surge in support for a party’s nominee, but this year there was an exception for both the Republican and Democratic events.
The vice president’s odds are essentially the same now as they were before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago two weeks ago, according to A new ABC News/Ipsos poll released on Sunday.
Harris has 50 percent support among all adults and registered voters, compared with 46 percent who say they would vote for Trump if the election were held today.
Vice President Kamala Harris still has a slight lead over Donald Trump, but failed to gain post-convention momentum in the polls
The Democratic candidate also leads among likely voters.
His lead is 2 percent, outside the poll’s margin of error, but that slim advantage has historically meant little or nothing to candidates’ actual chances of victory in November.
While the results are nearly identical to those before the Democratic National Convention, the gender preference gap has widened, with women preferring Harris over Trump by 13 points, 54 percent to 41 percent.
Before the convention, Harris held a 6-point lead among women voters and a 3-point lead among men in the ABC poll.
Trump now leads among men by 5 points, 51 percent to 46 percent.