Former President Donald Trump widened his lead in Georgia over Vice President Kamala Harris, according to data released by Quinnipiac pollsters on Wednesday. The data also shows that more Georgians now hold a favorable view of the Republican than his Democratic opponent.
The Quinnipiac University poll data for Georgia found that Trump now leads with the support of 50 percent of likely voters in the Peach State, while Harris trailed at 44 percent, with an additional 3 percent supporting other candidates.
Quinnipiac polled 942 likely voters in Georgia between September 25 and September 29 and reported a margin of error of 3.2 percent, placing Trump beyond the margin of error in the race.
Georgia voters may also hold a more favorable view of Trump than they do Harris, as the pollsters found 48 percent now hold a favorable view of the former president, while an identical 48 percent hold an unfavorable view.
In comparison, just 43 percent of Georgia voters hold a favorable view of Harris, while 48 percent hold a negative view of the vice president.
Trump also fared better on the issues than Harris, with a majority of voters saying they trust the Republicans on the economy, immigration, and representing the United States in both international conflicts and crises that put the country at risk.
The former president also fared better than Harris when asked which president would do a better job of “[p]reserving democracy in the United States,” with 49 percent of likely voters saying Trump would preserve democracy compared to 47 percent who said the trust the vice president on the issue.
Democrats, including Harris, have labeled Trump a threat to democracy due to the civil unrest that occurred in the nation’s capitol on January 6, 2021, but Trump and his surrogates have claimed the Biden-Harris administration and its allies are the true threats to democracy, claiming the administration weaponized the court system against him and his supporters since January 2021.
Pollsters found Harris only led on abortion, with 50 percent of respondents stating they trust the vice president on the issue, compared to 43 percent who said they trust Trump.
The Quinnipiac pollsters reported that Trump expanded his lead among Georgia voters in the survey. When they released data for September, they previously found Trump and Harris at 49-46.
While Quinnipiac is highly regarded by the polling aggregate website 538, Republicans have previously excoriated the pollster over its controversial results. For example, last year, Trump accused Quinnipiac of undersampling Republicans to create survey results favorable to President Joe Biden.
Nonetheless, the pollsters correctly predicted the outcome of the Republican Party’s presidential primary process in September 2023, when Trump held a 50-point lead over other candidates.
Trump’s performance in the survey brings his lead in the RealClearPolling average of data to 1.5 percent. Five of the last six polls tracked showed the former president tied with Harris or beating the Democrat.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Kamala Harris” by Kamala Harris.
