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The economy remains the president’s best issue, although a majority of voters in these states believe the economy is headed in the wrong direction.Trump’s backers are passionate — a strong majority are casting ballots in favor of him, while many Biden voters say they’re casting ballots against Trump.But Biden is running strong among some of the key demographic groups that powered the president’s 2016 campaign, including seniors, independents and suburban voters.Biden is also doing better than expected on issues that Trump has sought to make his own, such as policing, law and order and China.“Trump has pulled even in Florida and that indicates some momentum and the capability to win against long odds here,” said Hill/Harris pollster Mark PennMark PennPoll: Small majority support moving ahead to fill Supreme Court vacancy Voters split on whether Trump, Biden will win first debate: poll Biden holds narrow lead over Trump ahead of first debate: poll MORE. Two-thirds say the country is on the wrong track, and 57 percent say the economy is headed the wrong way.In the Senate race, Republican John James is running better than Trump but trails Sen. Gary PetersGary Charles PetersThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Senate makes SCOTUS nominee Barrett a proxy for divisive 2020 Poll: Biden builds big leads in Wisconsin, Michigan Michigan senator shares story of wife's life-saving abortion MORE (D), who has a 50 to 43 advantage.The Hill/Harris battleground polls were conducted online among likely voters by Harris X within Florida (965 likely voters), Michigan (1,289 likely voters), and Pennsylvania (992 likely voters) from Oct. 12 to 15.Results were weighted among registered voters for age within gender, region, race/ethnicity, income, education, political party and political ideology where necessary to align them with their actual proportions in the population and then filtered by likely voters.View the discussion thread.SponsoredThe Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 faxThe contents of this site are ©2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.