Harris leads Trump in three major election battlegrounds, new poll finds

• Vice President Kamala Harris is ahead of Donald Trump in the key battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, according to a new New York Times/Siena College poll.
• The poll is the latest data point tracing the election shakeup that has taken place since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
• In May, Biden was exactly tied with Trump in Wisconsin, but he lagged behind in both Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Vice President Kamala Harris is ahead of former President Donald Trump in the key battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, according to a new New York Times/Siena College poll.

The poll found Harris beating Trump 50% to 46% among likely voters in all three states, though those leads are within the survey's margins of error. Likely voters are a subset of the entire pool of registered voters surveyed.

From Monday to Thursday, the poll surveyed 619 registered voters in Michigan and 661 registered voters in Wisconsin. From Tuesday to Friday, the poll surveyed 693 registered voters in Pennsylvania.

The head-to-head results are slightly different when looking at all of the registered voter respondents: Harris maintained a four-point lead in Wisconsin, but had a three-point lead in Pennsylvania and actually lagged behind Trump by three points in Michigan.

The Times/Siena poll is the most recent data point tracing the broader reshuffle that has taken place since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race in July and endorsed Harris to take over as the Democratic presidential nominee. Though the poll still shows the candidates neck-and-neck, it is clear that Harris has fundamentally changed the state of the race from just one month ago.

In the weeks since Biden's exit, Harris has made up