PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald Trump by eight points and Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine leads Republican challenger Hung Cao by 10 points in a new poll of Virginia voters. The new survey from Emerson College/The Hill and WAVY-TV 10/WVBT FOX 43 was conducted from Sept. 22-24 and polled 860 likely voters in the Commonwealth. It comes just a week ahead of a televised debate between Kaine and Cao, hosted by Nexstar Media Group on the campus of Norfolk State University. Related: Local analyst talks Kaine, Cao race ahead of debate The 10-point gap (now 51% to 41%) between Kaine and Cao is the same as it was in a previous Emerson poll from back in July before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race. That poll had Trump up two points (45.4% to 43.4%) over Biden, with 11% of likely voters still undecided. Just over two months later, Harris has a significant lead, 52% to 44%, picking up a large chunk of undecided and independent voters, the latter of which supported Trump over Biden in the last poll, 46% to 38%. Read the crosstabs data for the Emerson pollDownload “Trump’s support has not significantly shifted since Harris became the nominee in Virginia; instead, undecided voters have moved off the sidelines to back Kamala Harris,” said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling. Independents polled this time support Harris, 52% to 38%. Emerson emphasized support from women voters is up 20 points now for Harris (58% to 38%) compared to only a 6-point lead for Biden (47% to 41%). Virginia voters say overall, the economy is their biggest issue, with housing affordability second. Here's the breakdown of top issues those those polled: Economy: 43.1% Housing affordability: 13.7% Threats to democracy: 11.6% Immigration: 7.7% Abortion access: 6.1% Health care: 5.9% Education: 5.8% Something else: 2.9% Crime: 2% Foreign policy: 1.1% It's also important to point out that those polled also voted 51.4% for President Joe Biden and 41.4% for former President Trump in the 2020 election, in line with Biden's 10-point win margin in Virginia in 2020. Just 4% polled said they've already voted, but the rest said they were "very likely" to vote this election season. You can read the full poll here.