Vice President Kamala Harris widened her slender lead over Republican Donald Trump by two share factors after President Joe Biden ended his re-election marketing campaign and handed her the baton, based on an Ipsos ballot carried out on behalf of Reuters.
The ballot was carried out yesterday, Monday and at the moment, after the Republican Nationwide Conference on Thursday throughout which Donald Trump was formally nominated because the social gathering’s candidate for the presidency of the USA, and after Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he’s leaving the election race and helps Harris.
Harris, whose marketing campaign workforce says she has secured the Democratic nomination, leads Trump 44% to 42% within the nationwide ballot, a distinction inside the margin of statistical error (±3%).
What a earlier ballot confirmed
Harris and Trump each acquired 44% in a July 15-16 ballot, and Trump led by one share level in a July 1-2 ballot — each surveys with the identical margin of error.
Though nationwide polls give necessary indicators about People’ help for political candidates, solely a handful of states sometimes tip the scales within the Electoral Faculty, which in the end decides who wins the presidential election.
The latest ballot confirmed 56 % of registered voters agreeing with the assertion that Harris, 59, is “mentally sharp and in a position to rise to challenges,” in comparison with 49 % who mentioned the identical about Trump, 78.
Solely 22% of voters rated Biden this fashion.
The ballot, which was carried out on-line, polled 1,241 American adults nationwide, together with 1,018 registered voters.
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