Although Vice President Kamala Harris has a slim lead over former President Donald Trump in some recent national polls, surveys that matter are in the battleground states, where the former president has an advantage over his Democrat rival, pollster Jim McLaughlin told Newsmax on Monday.

“What really matters [are] the swing state polls, the battleground polls,” McLaughlin, who along with his brother John McLaughlin, are pollsters for Trump’s presidential campaign, told “American Agenda.” “We really don’t pay attention to national surveys [with] the presidential campaign. We’re basically focusing on those seven battleground states [Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin].

“Probably the worst news in there is Pennsylvania … and that’s a real problem for Kamala Harris because basically, for all intents and purposes, the [Electoral College] map does not add up for Kamala Harris if she doesn’t win Pennsylvania. Now, Donald Trump can still win the presidential race, even if he doesn’t win Pennsylvania. But that’s a really, really bad sign for her campaign.”

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