Most polls show Ms Harris neck and neck with former president Donald Trump, with Ms Harris leading by two points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll but trailing Mr Trump by a few points in several others. The polls were carried out between Sunday, when Biden dropped out, and Tuesday.
Our average of four fresh polls shows the Republican candidate just one point ahead of Ms Harris; a slight improvement on Biden, who was averaging three points behind Mr Trump, according to FiveThirtyEight, before he stepped down. But the real win for Ms Harris has been her ability to reinspire faith among the Democratic voter base, even if the headline figures haven’t yet seen the turnaround some Democrats may have hoped for.
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