The first public survey of likely New York voters since President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race shows Democrats with a new edge over Trump.
Vice President Kamala Harris has a 14-point lead over former President Donald Trump among likely voters in New York, according to a Siena College poll released on Tuesday that shows the new Democratic candidate gaining ground over her Republican rival.
“The change at the top of the Democratic ticket has had a noticeable, while not dramatic, effect on the horse race,” Siena pollster Steve Greenberg said in a statement. In June, Siena found that Biden had just an eight-point lead over Trump among registered voters in New York, leading Republicans to wonder aloudThe swing toward Harris could have a significant effect on down-ballot races, which will help determine which party takes control of the U.S. House of Representatives after the November election.
Harris' statewide lead over Trump shrinks slightly, to 49-37%, when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and minor-party candidates are included, according to Siena. Kennedy, who is in the midst of anThe Democratic Party in New York has long relied on its presidential candidates to run up the score at the top of the ticket. That can create a trickle-down effect for the party’s candidates down the ballot.
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