The US presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is incredibly close, new media polls show, highlighting a surge in support for Harris among non-white voters and a significant increase in enthusiasm for her campaign among Democrats.
According to a Wall Street Journal poll, Trump has a slight lead in the head-to-head race, with 49% of the vote to Harris’ 47%.
But it’s worth noting that this is within the poll’s margin of error, or plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. Before Trump dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris, he held a 6-point lead over President Joe Biden, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
When other independent and third-party candidates such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were included in the test poll, Ms. Harris received 45% support compared with 44% for Mr. Trump. Mr. Kennedy was supported by only 4% of respondents, with 5% remaining undecided.
Previous polls had Biden trailing Trump by six points in this multi-candidate scenario, pollsters also found.
The Harris and Trump campaigns are now engaged in a race to establish a clearer image of the vice president. According to the poll, Harris is viewed favorably by 46% of respondents and unfavorably by 52%. This is the highest favorability rating for Harris in a poll this election cycle.
The poll found that Trump is perceived to be more effective than Harris on immigration, the economy, foreign policy and crime, but Harris has an edge on abortion, 51 percent to 33 percent.
Both received similar ratings when it came to consideration for people like the respondent.
The poll also found that while 48% of respondents believe that Trump, who is 78, is too old to serve as president, only 2% expressed similar concerns about Harris, who is 59.
Additionally, 46% of respondents believed Harris had the right temperament to be president, while only 38% felt the same about Trump.
The survey suggested many voters are still getting to know Harris, who is likely to have to announce her candidacy by Aug. 7 to meet a deadline set by the party for its virtual nominating process.
The Wall Street Journal poll was conducted by GBAO’s Bocian and Fabrizio Lee & Co. among 1,000 registered voters from July 23-25. The overall sample has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
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