Last Updated on 10/09/2024 by Arun jain
The former president is Donald Trump Neck and neck According to a new national poll released Monday, along with Vice President Kamala Harris.
This Harvard CAPS/Harris Survey Among registered voters, Trump was tied with Green Party candidate Jill Stein and independent candidate Cornel West with 46% support for Harris and 1% of respondents each.
In a two-way race, the 78-year-old Republican nominee leads the 59-year-old vice president by 1 percentage point, 47% to 46%.
Six percent of registered voters were undecided in a four-way race while 7% were undecided in a head-to-head matchup, with slightly more undecided leaning toward Harris (45%) than Trump (43%).
Voters felt Trump would do a better job handling the economy, immigration, crime and China, while Harris would more effectively handle policies related to abortion, climate change and racial equality.
A majority, 52%, approved of Trump’s job as president, while only 47% approved of Harris’s job as vice president.
“Harris is tied to the death, but Trump has an edge in the underlying numbers because of his high job approval and overall low approval of the Biden administration,” said Mark Penn, co-director of the Harvard CAPS/Harris poll.
The survey’s findings suggest that Trump could emerge victorious in the Electoral College race, as Democratic candidates typically poll more than Republican candidates in national elections.
Democratic presidential candidates typically need at least a 3-point lead nationally to indicate that they are leading even in swing states that will decide the election.
In 2016, for example, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton topped Trump by 2.1 percentage points in the national popular vote, but she lost several battleground states, handing Trump a decisive Electoral College victory.
Meanwhile, A Pew Research Center PollAlso released on Monday, Harris and Trump were similarly seen locked in a dead heat.
Aug-26 and Sept. A national poll conducted between 2 found that both Harris and Trump received the support of 49% of registered voters.
The group’s previous poll, released in early August, found Harris (46%) with a 1-point advantage over Trump (45%).
At this point in the 2020 race, the Pew Research Center had President Biden leading by 10 points; And in 2016, Clinton held a 7-point lead over the GOP nominee in early September.
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