Harris Has Largest Lead To Date Over Trump Among New York Voters: Poll

NEW YORK CITY — Vice President Kamala Harris has her largest lead to date against Donald Trump— a 19 point advantage among New Yorker voters — with two weeks until election day, according to a new Siena College poll released Tuesday.

Harris now leads 58-39 percent among likely voters, up from 55-42 percent in September.

“Harris continues to have 88 percent support from Democrats and 87 percent of Republicans continue to support Trump. Independent voters – who have a tendency to fluctuate on how closely they align with the two parties – are closely divided, with 47 percent for Trump and 46 percent for Harris, after strongly favoring Trump last month," Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said in a statement.

The latest poll showed that the gender gap is widening in New York, with men supporting Trump 54-43 percent and women supporting Harris, 71-25 percent.

Greenberg said Harris’ lead comes from Black, white and Latino voters, as well as younger and middle-aged voters.

“New Yorkers continue to trust Harris more than Trump to do a better job on four key issues – two, abortion and democracy, by 33 points and 20 points, respectively. On the economy and immigration, voters narrowly think Harris will do a better job,” Greenberg said.

The poll surveyed voters on the state's proposed equal rights amendment and found 69 percent of voters supported the amendment, compared to 22 percent.

“Regionally, it’s supported by 57 percent of upstate voters, 69 percent of downstate suburban voters and 84 percent of New York City voters. More than three-quarters of women support the amendment, as do 58 percent of men," Greenberg said.

Similarly, when asked about whether the state is headed in the right track, 51 percent of voters say New York State is headed in the wrong direction compared to 31 percent who say it's headed in the right direction,

“While Democrats continue to say the state is headed on the right track, 55-33 percent, little changed from last month, Democrats also say the country is headed in the wrong direction, 47-40 percent, a flip from September when a plurality, 49-35 percent, said the country was on the right track,” Greenberg said. “More than 8 in 10 Republicans continue to say that both the state and country are headed in the wrong direction, as do strong majorities of independents.”