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Republicans Don’t Want to Accept That Harris’ Numbers on Immigration Are Improving

Some are also blaming Republican leadership for giving Harris an opening.

John Cornyn
Republican leadership balked at the notion that they bungled the strategy around bipartisan immigration negotiations. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Congressional Republicans don’t believe the polls that show Kamala Harris is closing the gap with Donald Trump on immigration. But if that is the case, some are already blaming GOP leadership.

Polls have repeatedly shown Harris doing better with voters on immigration than Joe Biden did. In a poll released Wednesday, Harris was ahead in key swing states and nipping at Trump’s heels on immigration. When voters were asked who they thought would do a better job handling the issue, Harris trailed Trump by only 4 points in Wisconsin, 2 points in Michigan and 2 points in Pennsylvania.

The New York Times/Siena College poll had Harris trailing Trump by only 5 points among voters in the same three states. A Marquette University Law School poll had Harris still lagging behind Trump by 18 points, which significantly cut Biden’s 27-point deficit on immigration.