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By Martha McHardy
US News Reporter
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Kamala Harris is now leading Donald Trump in a number of polls.
In a survey conducted by Morning Consult between July 22 and 24, Harris is leading Trump by one point, 46 percent supporting her, above the former president's 45 percent. The poll surveyed 11,297 registered U.S. voters and has a 1 percent margin of error.
According to Morning Consult, Harris' level of support at the start of her campaign exceeds the highest level of support for Biden since tracking began in late 2022, with fewer voters now indicating they will vote third party.
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Meanwhile, in a poll by Change Research, which surveyed 2,137 registered voters between July 22 and 24, Harris was leading by 1 point on 44 percent to Trump's 43. The poll had a 2.8 percent margin of error.
In an earlier poll conducted by Change Research, Trump was leading Biden by 4 points, on 42 percent to Biden's 38.
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Separately, Change Research also polled 2,228 registered voters in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin between the ages of 18-30, which saw Harris leading her opponent by 24 points, with Trump on 29 percent to her 53 percent.
A poll by the same company in June showed Biden leading Trump by just six points among 18-30 year olds, with the president on 33 percent, and Trump on 27.
Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy's share of the vote has also gone down, decreasing from 15 percent in June, to 8 percent in July.
The poll was conducted between July 22 and 24 and had a 2.8 percent margin of error.
However, not all polls are so favorable to Harris. In the latest poll conducted by the New York Times and Siena College, Trump was leading Harris by 2 points among registered voters and 1 point among likely voters.
Overall, Trump leads Harris 48 percent to 47 percent among likely voters in a head-to-head match, while he leads Harris 48 percent to 46 percent among registered voters.
Despite Trump's lead, the poll represents an improvement for Democrats when compared to the Times/Siena poll in early July that showed Biden behind by six percentage points following the first presidential debate.
In the first Morning Consult poll after Biden ended his re-election campaign, Trump had a two-point lead over Harris, with 47 percent supporting the former president compared to 45 percent for Harris.
But the poll did not spell good news for Trump, who's lead over the Democrats had decreased by two points since he was facing Joe Biden.
Since Harris emerged as the front-runner to be the Democratic nominee, Republicans have sought to downplay polling that might show an increase in her support.
"The Democrats and the MSM will try and tout these polls as proof that the race has changed," pollster Tony Fabrizio wrote in a memo circulated to reporters by former President Donald Trump's campaign.
"But the fundamentals of the race stay the same." Polls had for months showed Trump leading Biden in several key battleground states.
Newsweek has contacted the Trump and Harris campaigns via email for comment.
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