Donald Trump closing the gap on Kamala Harris, new poll shows

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63% : A national poll released by Emerson College on Thursday shows that Harris is preferred by 49.4 percent of likely voters, while Trump is favored by 46.9 percent.
52% : Most other national polls continue to show Harris with an advantage over Trump heading into the debate.
51% : In an iteration of the same poll released on August 15, Harris was leading Trump by 49.8 percent to 45.5 percent.
48% : FiveThirtyEight averages show Harris with small leads over Trump in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Georgia as of Thursday, while Trump is leading by small margins in Arizona and North Carolina.
36% : Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said in a statement that the race replicates the polling picture of the 2020 presidential election between Trump and President Joe Biden, who dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris on July 21.
32% : "Trump and Harris are scheduled to face off in person for the first time on Tuesday in a debate hosted by ABC News.
18% : The event was initially scheduled as a debate between Trump and Biden.

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