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Trump vs. Harris · August 14, 2024

Kamala Harris
52.4%
Kamala Harris (D)
Donald Trump
47.6%
Donald Trump (R)
D+4.8%
Published August 14, 2024 · 1000 likely voters · MoE ±3.1%
Election result
R+1.5% Donald Trump won
This poll's error: D+6.3%
What we wrote at the time

Harris Leaps Ahead of Trump

August 14, 2024

ActiVote’s August 14, 2024 presidential poll finds that Vice President Harris has opened up a lead of 4.8% on former President Trump. The poll was in the field between August 7 and August 14 (median field date of August 11). The poll was among 1000 likely presidential election voters and has an average expected error of 3.1%.

Trump leads among rural voters, but Harris leads by a wider margin among urban voters. They tie among suburban voters. Harris is ahead (or tied) among all age groups, but her main advantage is with voters under 50. Harris leads among women, while Trump leads among men.

Both have locked in about 90% of their respective parties, with Harris having a slight lead among independents. Trump leads among White voters. Harris takes over 80% of the Black vote and over 60% of the Latino vote.

Harris leads or ties among all income groups. Those with High School or less prefer Trump, but those with some college or more prefer Harris.

Political Spectrum

The crosstabs below show the support for Harris and Trump among left, moderate left, center, moderate right, and right voters. These groups are defined by splitting the national electorate in 5 equal sized groups of 20% each

Harris does a better job of locking in her base (left and moderate left) voters, taking 96% of those voters. Trump only gets 91% of his base, with especially among the moderate right quite some dissenters (14%). Also, Harris has a small lead among centrists.

Daily Tracking Poll

ActiVote runs (internally) a daily poll consisting of the last 1000 user responses to determine the state of the race. As soon as such a daily poll no longer overlaps in field period with our previous published poll, we publish that poll with all relevant details. The race trend graph shows the daily movement in the top-line result of our tracking poll, starting July 27th. It is only provided as an illustration of possible momentum in the race and overall movement over time based on ActiVote polling.

Crosstabs

Weighted results by demographic group · August 14, 2024

rural
44%
56%
suburban
50%
50%
urban
63%
37%
Kamala HarrisDonald Trump

The full crosstab table

ActiVote · National President 2024 · August 14, 2024
ActiVote 1000 LV Unweighted Weighted Kamala Harris Donald Trump
National ±3.1% MoE 100% 100% 52.4% 47.6%
Region rural 31% 32% 44% 56%
suburban 43% 37% 50% 50%
urban 25% 32% 63% 37%
Age 18-29 29% 14% 56% 44%
30-49 38% 30% 55% 45%
50-64 22% 26% 50% 50%
65+ 11% 31% 51% 49%
Gender F 36% 54% 58% 42%
M 64% 46% 45% 55%
Party D 47% 40% 90% 10%
R 26% 35% 11% 89%
I 24% 23% 51% 49%
Ethnicity White 81% 70% 45% 55%
Black 7% 11% 81% 19%
Latino 8% 13% 61% 39%
Income Low 19% 19% 56% 44%
Middle 41% 41% 50% 50%
High 41% 40% 54% 46%
Education HS 22% 31% 40% 60%
Some C 13% 23% 53% 47%
BSC+ 65% 46% 60% 40%
Methodology. 1000 likely voters in the United States. Responses weighted by Demographics and Spectrum. Average expected error ±3.1%. See Why trust our polls? for the methodology, disclosures and accuracy record.