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MSNBC Reporter Breaks Down How Trump Regained Lead Among White Women In Just A Few Weeks

MSNBC's Ali Vitali breaks down Trump's lead with women

NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali broke down Republican nominee Donald Trump’s new lead among white women against Vice President Kamala Harris that he has gained in the span of just a few weeks during a Monday segment.

An NBC News poll found Harris holding a six-point advantage against Trump among white women, 51% to 45%, in September, but the former president has since gained ground and took the lead in October, Vitali pointed out on MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports.” Trump is currently leading Harris among the demographic by 2 points, a slightly smaller lead than the one he had against President Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election.

“Among white women in that poll, Trump was of course trailing Harris. But Harris had a nice, healthy plus six margin among these voters,” Vitali said. “Then, you see what a month can do. A month can be an eternity in politics, and it can also mean pretty big changes on polls like this when again, you see white women just over the course of a few weeks shift into the Trump column where there he has a plus two majority with them.”

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Trump’s 50% favorability with white women mirrors his support among that demographic in 2016 and 2020, Vitali said. In 2016, 52% of white women backed the former president, and 55% said the same in 2020.

“That kind of puts him in line of where he was in the past, especially when you look at where he was in the past, especially when you look at where he was in 2016 at 52% among white women, then he gains a few points in 2020, up to 55%, and then of course open question about what ends up happening in 2024,” Vitali said.

“But when you see him at 50% in this poll now that we just released over the weekend, Trump is starting to pull in line with where he was in past election cycles, and it’s where you get this really tense and almost confusing dichotomy with white women voters who can swing elections in key states like Pennsylvania but who might feel like their ideology is more in line with Democrats, at least according to our polling averages we’ve seen over time,” Vitali continued.

In 2020, Trump led Biden among white women in Pennsylvania at 52% to 47%, while Biden secured a lead among all women at 55% to 44%, according to NBC News exit polling from 2020.

MSNBC national political correspondent Steve Kornacki pointed out Monday that Harris’ favorability among voters dropped from 48% in September to 43% currently, while her negative rating rose from 45% to 49%. The vice president led Trump 49% to 44% in September, but that lead has diminished to a deadlock tie of 48% to 48% in October.