Vice President Harris gained extra floor on former President Trump in relation to the problems of economic system and crime, in keeping with a brand new survey.
The Reuters/Ipsos ballot, launched Tuesday, discovered that the previous president’s plan for employment and the economic system was backed by 43 p.c of registered voters in comparison with the vp’s agenda, which garnered 40 p.c. The outcomes come nearly two weeks after Harris unveiled her economic system agenda for the primary time throughout a rally in North Carolina.
Trump’s 3-point lead falls properly throughout the ballot’s margin of error. A earlier iteration of the survey, that got here out in July, had the GOP up by 11 factors.
Each social gathering’s candidates have been tied on the subject of crime at 40 p.c, in keeping with the ballot, which was performed within the days following the Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago. Within the July ballot, Harris was down 5 factors to the previous president on the identical concern.
Whereas the vp has been closing the hole since her ascent to the highest of the ticket, each social gathering nominees are largely disliked, with 59 p.c of voters having an unfavorable view of the previous president and 52 p.c saying the identical about Harris. On the flip aspect, 47 p.c of voters see the Democratic nominee favorably in comparison with her GOP rival’s 39 p.c, an 8-percent benefit.
The economic system was nonetheless the primary concern for 26 p.c of voters, per the ballot. Threats to democracy and extremism got here in second at 22 p.c and immigration was third at 13 p.c.
The survey additionally discovered the previous president had an 8 p.c lead in relation to coverage round immigration, garnering 45 p.c assist in comparison with Harris’s 37 p.c. On potential extremism, voters most well-liked the vp (42 p.c) over Trump (36 p.c).
In The Hill/Determination Desk HQ’s polling index, Harris is main Trump nationally by 4 proportion factors — 49.5 p.c to 45.5 p.c.
The Reuters/Ipsos ballot was performed Aug. 23-25 amongst 1,028 adults, together with 902 registered voters. The margin of error was 4 proportion factors.
