Four years ago, Biden's national polling average lead was more than double Harris' current margin against former President Donald Trump.
Despite Vice President Kamala Harris' surge in the polls against former President Donald Trump, the 2024 race remains significantly closer compared to how things stood in 2020 with then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at the top of the ticket.
Biden's lead over Trump in FiveThirtyEight's polling average on the same date in 2020 was more than double Harris' margin now. The Democrat was 7.1 points ahead of his Republican opponent, with about 50.2 percent of voters backing Biden and 43.1 percent supporting Trump.Ultimately, the Democrat went on to win the national popular vote by 51.3 percent while the Republican's share was 46.9 percent. The margin was 4.4 percent—or just north of 7 million votes.
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