The development gives Donald Trump an important advantage, but other factors could come into play, including that Kamala Harris does well with independent voters.

As national polling continues to show a neck-and-neck race to the finish between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, more voters have recently said they lean Republican than lean Democrat — a first for this stage of a presidential race,

Republicans may not be facing the uphill battle they anticipated in the 2024 presidential election as new polling shows more Americans are calling themselves Republicans than Democrats. For decades, Democrats have outnumbered Republicans when it comes to voters’ party identification,