Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris led Republican Donald Trump by a difference of three percentage points – 46% to 43% – when both remain immersed in a tight race to win the November 5 elections, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. .
The poll, which lasted four days and was completed on Monday, showed that Trump, who was six points behind Harris in a Reuters/Ipsos poll between September 20 and 23, was the preferred candidate on a number of issues. economic.
It also showed that some voters could be swayed by his claims that illegal immigrants are prone to crime, which have been widely debunked by academics and think tanks.
The survey had a margin of error of about 3 percentage points.
Respondents ranked the economy as the top issue facing the country, with 44% saying Trump had the best approach to addressing the “cost of living,” compared to 38% who chose Harris.
Among a range of economic issues the next president should address, about 70% of respondents said the cost of living would be the most important, with only a fraction choosing the job market, taxes or “leaving myself better off financially.” ».
Trump had more support than Harris in each of those areas as well, although voters, by a margin of 42% to 35%, thought the Democratic nominee is the best choice to address the gap between wealthy and middle Americans.
Trump seemed buoyed by widespread concern over immigration, currently at its highest level in the United States in more than a century.
About 53% of voters in the survey said they agreed with the statement that “immigrants who are in the country illegally are a danger to public safety,” compared to 41% who disagreed.
Voters had been more divided on the issue in a Reuters/Ipsos poll in May, when 45% agreed and 46% disagreed.
At campaign rallies throughout the year, Trump has drawn attention to crimes committed by immigrants in the country illegally.
Although there is little data on the immigration status of criminals, studies have generally concluded that immigrants are no more likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans.
Harris has led Trump in each of the six Reuters/Ipsos polls of their matchup since she entered the race in late July.
The latest poll showed Harris with a two-percentage-point lead — 47% to 45% — among voters who seemed most likely to vote in November. About two-thirds of eligible voters went to the polls in the 2020 presidential election, according to an estimate from the Pew Research Center.
The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll surveyed 1,272 American adults nationwide online, including 1,076 registered voters. Of those, 969 were considered the most likely to go to the polls on Election Day.
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