Trump gaining on Harris in Minnesota as VP dips in Midwest state, ballot exhibits: ‘Very unsettled’

Vice President Kamala Harris continues to guide former President Donald Trump in Minnesota, however the hole between the candidates halved within the span of a month, a brand new KSTP/SurveyUSA ballot launched over the weekend exhibits.

Amongst seemingly voters within the state, Harris leads Trump 48% to 43%, down from Harris’ 10-point lead of fifty% to 40% in July following her nomination.

“Kamala Harris nonetheless has a lead in Minnesota, but it surely’s half as large because it was a month in the past. It’s clear this race stays very unsettled,” KSTP’s Tom Hauser stated. “By most accounts, Democrats got here out of their 2024 nationwide conference unified behind Kamala Harris, and her working mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. However as a substitute of a bounce from the conference and the Walz choose, the presidential race really tightened in Minnesota.”

The ballot surveyed 800 adults from Minnesota from Aug. 27 to 29; 704 respondents had been registered voters and 635 had been decided to be seemingly voters. The ballot has a 4.5% margin of error.

The outcomes additionally present Harris continues to guide amongst ladies voters, drawing 55% of feminine assist versus Trump’s 37%, an 18 percentage-point distinction. To a smaller extent, Trump leads amongst males by six proportion factors, 48% to Harris’ 42%.

City and suburban voters are inclined to favor Harris, whereas rural voters assist Trump. Harris leads Trump 57% to 34% in city areas and 53% to 39% within the suburbs. Trump captures 54% of assist from rural voters within the state, versus 37% for Harris.

When requested their views in regards to the two vice presidential picks, 37% of seemingly voters surveyed imagine Walz was a wonderful selection for Harris’ vice presidential choose. Thirty-four % imagine Walz is a poor selection, and 27% assume he is an efficient or truthful selection.

In contrast, solely 17% imagine Vance was a wonderful choose. Thirty-eight % say he’s a poor selection, whereas the identical proportion assume he is an efficient or truthful selection.

Ballot respondents had been 40% Democrats, 35% Republicans and 22% independents. The state of Minnesota constantly votes for Democratic presidential candidates, final voting for a Republican in 1972 with Richard Nixon.