US Vice President Kamala Harris is narrowly beating Republican rival Donald Trump in a nationwide presidential ballot launched on Tuesday, one of many first carried out since US President Joe Biden dropped out of his reelection marketing campaign and endorsed Harris as his alternative.
The US vice chairman has a two-point, 44% to 42% lead over Trump, throughout the margin of error, the Reuters/Ipsos ballot has discovered.
Within the earlier week’s ballot, Harris, 59, and Trump, who at 78 is now the oldest candidate, have been tied at 44%.
The brand new ballot was carried out within the two days after Biden introduced on Sunday that he was dropping out of the race and endorsing Harris. It additionally adopted final week’s Republican Nationwide Conference, the place Trump formally accepted the nomination.
Biden introduced that he was leaving the race after weeks of rising considerations amongst Democrats and their supporters over his declining well being and perceived potential to defeat former President Donald Trump in November.
Harris, whose marketing campaign claims she has already secured the Democratic nomination, has been raking in donations and endorsements and has set a fundraising document after receiving $81 million in contributions within the first 24 hours after Biden’s withdrawal.
A pollster with Trump’s marketing campaign, nevertheless, has downplayed the polling outcomes, arguing that Harris’ efficiency was bolstered by widespread media protection of her candidacy and the thrill amongst Democratic voters concerning the shakeup within the race.
“That bump is prone to begin exhibiting itself over the subsequent few days and can final for some time,” Reuters cited pollster Tony Fabrizio as saying.
The most recent Reuters/Ipsos ballot’s outcomes additionally justified Biden’s withdrawal after 56% of registered voters agreed with the assertion that Harris was “mentally sharp and capable of cope with challenges,” in comparison with 49% who stated the identical of Trump.
Different surveys carried out after the US president deserted his candidacy revealed that Harris was polling higher than Biden however that she nonetheless trailed the previous president.
A serious nationwide survey, the Morning Seek the advice of ballot, confirmed the vice chairman trailing Trump by two proportion factors, 47% to 45%, throughout the margin of error.
In a PBS Information/NPR/Marist ballot carried out on Monday, Trump held a lead over Harris, with 46% to 45% of US registered voters.
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