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New polls give Harris a lead over Trump in three key states

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US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two as she departs for Houston, Texas, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on July 31, 2024. [AFP]

Kamala Harris now leads Donald Trump in three crucial battleground states, according to new polls published Saturday, apparently eroding the advantage the former president has enjoyed there over the past year.

The polls of likely voters by The New York Times and Siena College showed Democratic presidential candidate Harris leading her Republican rival Trump by an identical 50 per cent to 46 per cent margin in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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