Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are locked in a dead heat — less than two weeks out from the election, a final national Siena College poll shows.
The presidential rival candidates are now deadlocked — 48% to 48% — for the popular vote, according to the Siena/New York Times survey published Friday.
The results show that Harris’ edge over her Republican rival has dwindled in recent weeks after a similar poll conducted by the same outlet in early October showed her leading 49% to Trump’s 46%.
Based on the new poll, 52% of respondents said they trusted Trump to do a better job handling the economy compared to the 45% who favored Harris.
Fifty-four percent of voters trust Trump to handle immigration better than Harris (43%), the survey shows.
The poll, which was conducted Oct. 20 to 23 among 2,516 registered voters nationwide, a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.
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