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By Ewan Palmer
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Donald Trump has mocked Vice President Kamala Harris' polling numbers as the Democrat becomes her party's presumptive 2024 presidential nominee.
On Sunday, President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed Harris in the race following weeks of pressure from Democratic figures in the wake of the president's poor CNN debate performance on June 27.
Harris managed to secure enough support from delegates to clinch the Democratic Party's presidential nomination on Monday night. Waves of current and former Democratic figures and members of Congress have also shown their support for Harris in the White House race.
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In a post on Truth Social, Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, told Democrats, "Be careful what you wish for," after mentioning polling that suggests he would beat Harris in November.
He wrote: "Lyin' Kamala Harris, the Biden appointed 'Border Czar' who never visited the Border, and whose incompetence gave us the WORST and MOST DANGEROUS Border anywhere in the World, has absolutely terrible pole numbers against a fine and brilliant young man named DONALD J. TRUMP!
"Be careful what you wish for, Democrats??? MAGA2024."
Newsweek has contacted Harris' office for comment via email.
On Monday, a Quinnipiac University national poll of 1,257 registered voters showed Trump with a 2-point lead over Harris—49 percent to 47 percent—in a direct face-off.
When other presidential candidates, such as independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., were added for a six-way hypothetical race, Trump's lead extended to 4 points—45 percent to 41 percent. Kennedy placed third with 6 percent.
The poll, conducted between July 19 and 21, has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points, meaning the results suggest the race is too close to call.
"The dramatic reset at the top of the Democratic ticket does little to move the race as Vice President Harris enters the fray with numbers similar to President Biden," said Tim Malloy, a polling analyst at Quinnipiac University.
Trump also has a 2-point lead over Harris—47 percent to 45 percent—in a Morning Consult survey of 4,001 adults, which was conducted in the wake of Biden ending his campaign.
This is an improvement from the 6-point deficit against Trump that Biden had recorded in previous Morning Consult surveys.
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Another national poll, conducted by On Point Politics/SoCal Research on Sunday, surveyed 800 adults and found that Trump had an 8-point lead over Harris—51 percent to 43 percent—in a direct race. He also had a 6-point lead when third-party candidates were introduced—43 percent to 37 percent.
Curtis Fric, who operates the social media account Polling USA, suggests it is too early to analyze what the results between Harris and Trump mean.
"I wouldn't personally put any real stock into the polls until the second week of August," Fric wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
He added: "Let the news sink it, let it marinate with the American people, and let Harris have a couple of weeks actually getting out there."
In a statement on Monday, Harris said she was "proud" to have earned the required support from delegates needed to become the Democratic Party's 2024 presidential nominee.
"Over the next few months, I'll be traveling across the country talking to Americans about everything on the line," she added. "I fully intend to unite our party and our nation, and defeat Donald Trump."
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