Former President Donald Trump leads Vice President Kamala Harris nationally with double-digit advantages over the presumptive Democrat nominee among young voters and independents, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll. The poll found that 45 percent of registered voters back Trump in a deeper field over Harris, who registers at 41 percent. Notably, the poll was conducted from July 19 to July 21, the day after journalist Mark Halperin’s bombshell and correct report that Biden would bow out of the race on Sunday. In this scenario, independents break for Trump over Harris at a rate of 55 percent to 41 percent. He also wins 58 percent of voters between ages 18 and 34, while 39 percent of this demographic supports Harris. The poll sampled 1,257 registered voters, and the margin of error is ± 2.8 percentage points. A separate HarrisX/Forbes poll, also published Monday, showed Trump ten points ahead of Harris nationally.
