Harris widens lead over Trump, blunts his economic edge, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Ipsos SA

24/09/2024 18:16

(Updates with latest poll numbers)
    By Jason Lange
       WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Democratic Vice
President Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 47% to 40%
in the race to win the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, as she
appeared to blunt Trump's edge on the economy and jobs, a
Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Tuesday found.
    Harris had a six percentage point lead based on unrounded
figures - which showed her with support from 46.61% of
registered voters while Trump was backed by 40.48%, according to
the three-day poll that closed on Monday. The Democrat's lead
was slightly higher than her five-point advantage over Trump in
a Sept 11-12 Reuters/Ipsos poll. 
    The latest poll had a margin of error of about four
percentage points.
    Asked which candidate had the better approach on the
"economy, unemployment and jobs," some 43% of voters in the poll
picked Trump and 41% selected Harris. Trump's two-point
advantage on the topic compares to his three-point lead in an
August Reuters/Ipsos poll and an 11 point lead over Harris in
late July shortly after she launched her campaign.
    While national surveys including Reuters/Ipsos polls give
important signals on the views of the electorate, the
state-by-state results of the Electoral College determine the
winner, with seven battleground states likely to be decisive.
    The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll surveyed 1,029 U.S. adults
online, nationwide, including 871 registered voters. Among
these, 785 were considered the most likely to turn out on
Election Day. Among these likely voters, Harris led 50% to 44%,
though similar to her lead among all registered voters, her
advantage was only five points when using unrounded figures. 

 (Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Scott Malone and Deepa
Babington)
 ((jason.lange@thomsonreuters.com; Twitter @langejason))