Neither Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Donald Trump has established a clear advantage in the race for the White House in two key southern battleground US states, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS, CNN reports.

Likely voters in Georgia divide 48% for Trump to 47% for Harris, and in North Carolina, Harris stands at 48% to Trump’s 47%.

North Carolina, which narrowly supported Barack Obama in 2008, has voted Republican in the past three presidential elections. In 2020, however, it was the state where Trump earned his slimmest margin of victory. Joe Biden defeated Trump in Georgia by less than 1 percentage point four years ago, becoming the first Democrat to win the state since Bill Clinton in 1992.

Interviews were conducted October 23-28, 2024, online and by telephone with registered voters, including 732 voters in Georgia and 750 in North Carolina. Results among likely voters in Georgia have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points; it is 4.5 points among likely voters in North Carolina.