Elections

Kamala Harris Narrows Gap With Trump in Polls From Her First Week

Kamala Harris during a campaign event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 23.

Photographer: Daniel Steinle/Bloomberg
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The polling is in, and Kamala Harris has narrowed the gap with Donald Trump.

Taken together, seven national polls taken since Harris launched her presidential bid Sunday after Joe Biden’s exit from the race have cut the Democrats’ deficit about in half. Some closely watched polls — including a Wall Street JournalBloomberg Terminal poll on Friday — have her in a statistical tie with the former president.