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Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* The latest USA Today/Suffolk University poll found Vice President Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump by five points nationally, 48% to 43%, among likely voters. As recently as late June, the same survey found the former president leading President Joe Biden by nearly four points. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* The latest statewide polls from Fox News found Harris narrowly leading Trump in Arizona, Georgia and Nevada, while the Republican nominee had a one-point lead over the Democratic nominee in North Carolina. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* In Arizona’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, Fox News’ poll found Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego with a double-digit lead over failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, 56% to 41%. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* In Nevada’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, Fox News’ poll found Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen with a double-digit lead over Republican Sam Brown, 55% to 41%. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* In North Carolina’s closely watched gubernatorial race, Fox News’ poll found Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein with a double-digit lead over Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, 54% to 43%. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* The latest national Gallup poll found Democratic enthusiasm about the 2024 presidential race reaching a level unseen in Democratic politics since 2008. (Click the link for information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* And in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race, Republican Dave McCormick has already been dogged by his limited connections to the state he’s running in, and that problem was made worse this week when he apparently confused Philadelphia, Miss., with Philadelphia, Pa.