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Harris vs. Trump · October 1, 2024

Kamala Harris
60.6%
Kamala Harris (D)
Donald Trump
39.4%
Donald Trump (R)
D+21.2%
Published October 1, 2024 · 400 likely voters · MoE ±4.9%
Election result
D+12.6% Kamala Harris won
This poll's error: D+8.6%
What we wrote at the time

Harris has comfortable lead in New York

October 1, 2024

ActiVote’s Aug 21, 2024 New York Presidential poll shows that Vice President Harris leads former President Trump by 21.2%. The poll was among 400 likely voters, has an average expected error of 4.9%, and was in the field between September 4, 2024 and September 30, 2024 with a median field date of September 17, 2024.

Trump leads among rural and suburban New Yorkers, Republicans and Latinos, while Harris leads among all other groups.

Please note that the unweighted sample of Latinos (8%) results in a very large Margin-of-Error, perhaps explaining the unexpected result that Trump leads among this group.

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. Please note that in the blue state of New York, there are more left-leaning voters than the national average and fewer right-leaning voters.

Harris gets 95% of her core constituency (the left and moderate left). Trump has slightly more dissenters (13%) among his core constituency (the right and moderate right). Harris also has a significant edge among the centrists (+24%). The large Harris lead is further amplified by having many more left-leaning voters than right-leaning voters in blue New York.

Comparisons

In 2020, Biden beat Trump in New York by 23.1% while in 2016 Clinton beat Trump by 23.5%. In our August 21, 2024 poll, Harris led by 16.6%.

Crosstabs

Weighted results by demographic group · October 1, 2024

Left
95%
Moderate Left
95%
Center
38%
62%
Moderate Right
91%
9%
Right
83%
17%
Donald TrumpKamala Harris

The full crosstab table

ActiVote · New York President 2024 · October 1, 2024
ActiVote 400 LV Unweighted Weighted Donald Trump Kamala Harris
National ±4.9% MoE 100% 100% 39.4% 60.6%
Political Spectrum Left 24% 23% 5% 95%
Moderate Left 28% 23% 5% 95%
Center 22% 18% 38% 62%
Moderate Right 12% 14% 91% 9%
Right 14% 21% 83% 17%
Region rural 22% 18% 54% 46%
suburban 28% 24% 51% 49%
urban 50% 58% 30% 70%
Age 18-29 32% 12% 33% 67%
30-49 42% 30% 36% 64%
50-64 15% 26% 41% 59%
65+ 11% 32% 43% 57%
Gender F 32% 55% 34% 66%
M 68% 45% 46% 54%
Party D 60% 50% 17% 83%
R 20% 25% 93% 7%
I 16% 20% 30% 70%
Ethnicity White 79% 64% 41% 59%
Black 7% 13% 13% 87%
Latino 8% 14% 55% 45%
Income Low 20% 19% 47% 53%
Middle 28% 35% 34% 66%
High 52% 45% 40% 60%
Education HS 19% 31% 45% 55%
Some C 10% 18% 26% 74%
BSC+ 70% 50% 41% 59%
All polls in this race: August 21, 2024 · October 1, 2024 · October 28, 2024
Methodology. 400 likely voters in New York. Responses weighted by Demographics and Spectrum. Average expected error ±4.9%. See Why trust our polls? for the methodology, disclosures and accuracy record.