Early voting in full swing in US election, Harris and Trump tied in polls
Al Jazeera
As the US election enters final two weeks the candidates are focusing on swing states hoping to pick up undecided voters
Early voting is kicking off in both Florida and Wisconsin in the United States as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic counterpart Kamala Harris remain nearly deadlocked, particularly in a handful of closely fought “swing states” which could decide the presidential election, newly released polling data shows.
Ahead of the tightly contested presidential election on November 5, Trump and Harris are neck-and-neck across the country’s seven battleground states that can swing in favour of either candidate, according to the latest survey of voters published on Monday by The Washington Post.
About 47 percent of registered voters said they would definitely or probably cast a ballot for Harris, the poll found. Forty-seven percent said the same about Trump.
As for “likely voters”, 49 percent said they’d back Harris, with 48 percent supporting Trump.
A total of 47 states, including the District of Columbia, are preparing to get early voting underway. In-person absentee voting opened in Florida on Monday and will begin in Wisconsin on Tuesday. Early voting typically opens up to two weeks prior to election day and lasts until November 3.
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