The country is split exactly down the middle on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, according to the latest national poll conducted by the New York Times and Siena College, the final one ahead of the Nov. 5 general election. The poll, which comes as both candidates campaign feverishly to win over swing state voters, found that Trump and Harris each claimed the support of 48 percent of likely voters. In TheNew York Times’ analysis of its own poll, the paper said the result didn’t bode well for Harris, who had a three-point lead in its previous poll. “In recent elections, Democrats have had an edge in the popular vote even when they have lost the Electoral College and thus the White House,” the Times analysis reads. “They have been looking to Ms. Harris to build a strong national lead as a sign that she would do well in such critical swing states as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.” All the other major national polls also have the race for the popular vote within 3 percentage points.
