With just a little over a week until Election Day, former President Donald Trump's momentum across the country is surging at just the right moment.
According to the Daily Caller Trump just gave Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign another set of nightmares as he has taken the lead in a national poll.
The Wall Street Journal poll gave Trump a narrow lead on Harris, with 47% to Harris' 45%. While the number is small, it's profoundly significant.
As recently as August, the same iteration of the poll had Harris up by two points, which like the latest version, is within the margin of error.
Trump has surged in a number of key battleground states, including Pennsylvania and Michigan -- two states that are must-wins for either candidate if they want to sit in the Oval Office.
Not only is Trump doing quite well in swing states, but making his campaign smile even bigger is the fact that Harris' numbers are headed downhill, especially in key categories.
Exclusive: Trump has taken a narrow lead against Harris in the final weeks of the presidential race https://t.co/fUBlHlSvDb
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 24, 2024
The Daily Caller noted:
Harris’s favorability and job performance numbers have dropped since August while Trump’s job performance numbers has risen. In August, half of voters viewed her favorably. Now, as of late October, 45 percent view her favorably compared to 53 who view her unfavorably, according to the poll.
Making matters worse for Harris are new numbers that show her job performance numbers are at their worst since WSJ began asking respondents to weigh in on it.
According to the data, 54% of voters disapprove of her job performance while only 42% approve.
Republican pollster David Lee offered his thoughts as to why polls seem to be overwhelmingly trending toward favoring Trump.
"Voters are finally getting to know her," Lee said. "The definitional period is coming to an end, and more people are unhappy with what they have learned about her than what they know about President Trump."
After dodging the media for weeks, Harris has had a series of poor interview performances from a number of networks, including some that have otherwise been extremely friendly to Democrats.
Only time will tell if the numbers shake out like they are in the polls.
