A new poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris is within striking distance of former President Donald Trump in Alaska, a state Democrats have not won in a presidential election in sixty years.
The new poll was conducted by Alaska Survey Research on Sept. 11-12 following the ABC News presidential debate.
He found Kamala Harris trailing by just five points among likely voters in the northwestern state.
Trump had 47 percent support, while Harris had 42 percent, according to the poll.
The last Democrat to win the so-called Last Frontier state was President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
A new poll shows Harris trailing by just five points in Alaska, a state Democrats have not won in a presidential election since 1964.
Trump won Alaska with more than 52 percent of the vote in 2020. He won by 10 points over President Biden or just over 36,000 votes.
The 2020 results were the smallest Republican margin in a presidential race in Alaska since 1992.
In 2016, Trump won the state by more than 15 points over Hillary Clinton.
Recent polls show he still has a lead, but the gap has narrowed dramatically in the state since his first bid for the White House.
While Harris’ chances of winning Alaska are low, polling analyst Nate Silver wrote over the weekend that the vice president has a better chance of winning that state than Florida or Texas.
‘“Our model gives Harris a 22 percent chance of winning Alaska — considerably higher than her chances in Florida or Texas, for example,” Silver wrote in a blog post Sunday.
The Harris campaign has argued that Florida is up for grabs this year.
Survey conducted on September 11 and 12 among potential voters
The Alaska Survey Research poll found that sixty-seven percent of respondents watched the presidential debate last Tuesday.
Fifty-two percent of respondents said Harris won the debate. Twenty-nine percent said Trump won.
While Alaska has been a solidly Republican state in presidential elections, it is known for its independent leanings.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski won reelection in 2020 despite Trump endorsing her opponent. Democrat Mary Peltola won a special election in 2022 and then a full term in the state’s ranked-choice election.
