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Former President Donald Trump got some more good news in the form of a battleground state survey released on Tuesday.

The poll of 800 registered voters from Elon College, conducted Aug. 2 to Aug. 9 ahead of the Democratic National Convention, found that Trump was more popular than Vice President Kamala Harris in North Carolina by a margin of 46-44 percent.

That said, both candidates are disapproved of by a majority of respondents. “Our favorability data shows Trump and Harris with competitive levels of support,” said Professor Jason Husser, director of the Elon University Poll.

The New York Post added:

Trump is above water with men, with 50% approval. Harris, at 39%, is lagging with that sex. Meanwhile, 47% of women regard Harris favorably, with 43% saying the same about Trump.

The favorability polling shows Trump is strongest with voters without a 4-year college degree; he’s at 52% with that group, with 43% disapproval. Another 5% have no opinion.

Among unaligned voters, Trump has just 35% approval against 54% disapproval, with 11% of indy respondents uncommitted either way.

Harris has similar approval ratings among independent voters as Trump, with 34% approval, 51% disapproval, and 15% lacking an opinion of the California Democrat.

The pollster suggests that these numbers indicate North Carolina will be highly competitive in the next 70 days.

“Having been won by Republican presidential candidates for three elections in a row, North Carolina is sometimes called into question as a swing state,” said Husser. “Our data show that North Carolina’s electoral votes remain up for grabs by either party, but winning those votes will involve navigating a divided, complex and engaged electorate.”

While this poll shows Trump with an advantage, other surveys indicate positives for Harris in the state.

A Tar Heel State Survey USA poll from High Point University, conducted between August 19 and 21, shows Harris with a “whisker-thin” lead. She is ahead by 3 points among registered voters and 2 points among likely voters.

Additionally, the FiveThirtyEight polling average for the state shows Harris leading by the slimmest margin possible, just one-tenth of a percentage point, the New York Post noted.

Patrons at a northern Virginia restaurant specializing in Vietnamese cuisine broke out in raucous cheers to greet Trump on Monday, according to reports.

The 45th president visited the Truong Tien Vietnamese Restaurant in Falls Church, Virginia, with Hung Cao, a U.S. Senate candidate in Virginia. Cao, a Naval Academy graduate and combat veteran, is running to unseat incumbent Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine.

Earlier in the day, Cao accompanied Trump when the 45th president laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The wreath was a tribute to the 13 service members who lost their lives in a suicide bomb attack at Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, during the chaotic withdrawal of American forces under Biden’s administration, the Western Journal reported.

Cao stood by Trump as he entered the Vietnamese restaurant, and the room erupted in cheers and applause.

“Somehow, I don’t know what it is — you’ll have to explain it — the Vietnamese community loves me, and I love them,” Trump said, causing the people in the room to cheer even louder and break out into a chant of “USA! USA! USA!”

“In Florida, we go down and we have large groups of people, always dressed perfectly, with the red and the silver. I say, ‘You’re the most beautiful dressers I’ve ever seen,’” he noted further.

Trump then turned to the Senate candidate and said: “I love his name — Hung Cao. I love that name, and that name alone should get you elected.”

“We’re looking to win the state,” Trump said, “which is not necessarily good for Republicans, but I’m not an average Republican, and neither are you.” After both finished speaking, one customer yelled: “Make America great again!”

Trump then signed autographs afterward, with one telling him, “We will fight for you, sir.” Another hollered, “We need you for the next four years.”

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