ATLANTA – Former President Donald Trump has opened up a solid lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia five weeks before the Nov. 5 election, according to a new poll.
A survey of 942 likely voters in Georgia conducted Sept. 25-29 by Quinnipiac University showed Republican Trump with 50% of the vote in the Peach State to 44% for Democrat Harris, well outside the poll’s margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.2%.
Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver and independents Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz each received 1% support.
Trump held the edge on Harris in the Georgia poll on the economy and immigration, with 53% of the respondents saying they believe Trump would do a better job handling both key issues. Respondents also rated the former president higher than Harris 52% to 46% on how he would handle international conflicts.
“Harris confronts a troubling Trump trifecta,” said Tim Malloy, a polling analyst for Quinnipiac. “He leads her on the economy and immigration and has the edge when it comes to who would best handle a national crisis.”
Harris rated above Trump only on the issue of abortion in the Georgia poll, with 50% of those surveyed saying she would do a better job on that issue to 43% for Trump.
Poll respondents were evenly divided on how they view Trump, with 48% viewing him favorably and 48% unfavorably. Harris was underwater in that category with 43% of the respondents rating her favorably and 50% unfavorably.