Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are locked in a dead heat — less than two weeks out from the election, a final national Siena College poll shows.
The presidential rival candidates are now deadlocked — 48% to 48% — for the popular vote, according to the Siena/New York Times survey published Friday.
The results show that Harris’ edge over her Republican rival has dwindled in recent weeks after a similar poll conducted by the same outlet in early October showed her leading 49% to Trump’s 46%.
Of those polled in the fresh survey, 31% said they had a “very favorable” view of Trump, while only 29% could say the same for Harris.
And only 39% said they voted for Trump in the last election, while 45% backed President Joe Biden, per the poll.
When it comes to key election issues, 52% of respondents said they trusted Trump to do a better job handling the economy compared to the 45% who favored Harris.
Fifty-four percent of voters trust Trump to handle immigration better than Harris (43%), the survey shows.
Meanwhile, Harris maintains a lead on the issue of abortion with 55% of respondents favoring her over Trump’s 40%.
The poll, which was conducted Oct. 20 to 23 among 2,516 registered voters nationwide, has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.
