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Trump leads Harris in Georgia two weeks after Election Day, polls show
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Trump leads Harris in Georgia two weeks after Election Day, polls show

Former President Trump has a slight lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in the key swing state of Georgia, according to a new poll.

The poll, conducted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the University of Georgia, showed Trump with 47% support in the state, compared to Harris’ 43%. As many as 8% of respondents indicate that they still have not made a decision.

The Georgia poll surveyed 1,000 of the state’s likely voters from October 7 to 16. The poll advertises a margin of error of 3.1%.

The poll also found that 60% of respondents say the country is on the wrong track, and that their top issues are inflation/cost of living (19%), the economy/jobs (17%), maintaining the democracy (17%), immigration and immigration are. (14%) and abortion (8%).

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Former President Trump slightly leads Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia. (Getty Images)

The poll comes as Georgian Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is under pressure to release the results of a voter roll audit he announced this summer.

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“Millions of illegal immigrants have flooded our country since 2021, and it is well documented that thousands of them have successfully registered to vote in multiple states. But even with early voting underway, Georgia voters are still waiting for confirmation that noncitizens are, too. not cast a ballot in our elections,” said former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who is now president of the group behind the effort, Greater Georgia, in a press release obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital.

Georgian Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is under pressure to release the results of a voter list.

Georgian Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is under pressure to release the results of a voter list.

The comments come more than three months after Raffensperger announced the state was conducting a “SAVE audit” of noncitizens who may registered to votewhich he called a “critical step in maintaining election security and integrity in Georgia.”

“We are double-checking to ensure that if noncitizens attempt to register to vote, they will not be able to vote unless they prove they are U.S. citizens,” Raffensberger said in a news release at the time, also warning. prison sentences of up to 10 years and fines of up to $100,000 for non-citizens who register to vote in the state.

A voter holds up her sticker after casting her ballot in the primaries on March 12, 2024 in Atlanta.

A voter holds up her sticker after casting her ballot in the primaries on March 12, 2024 in Atlanta.

Raffensperger told NewsNation just a few weeks later that the audit was complete, boasting that he could promise the state’s residents that “only American citizens vote.”

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A spokesperson for the Georgian foreign minister’s office, reached for comment by Fox News Digital, said Raffensperger will hold a press conference on Wednesday to announce the results of the audit.

Fox News’ Michael Lee contributed to this report.