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Voters are backing former President Trump on the economy and immigration, but Vice President Harris is also making headway on those and other issues in her first Power Rankings issue tracking survey since becoming the Democratic nominee.
Harris in a broad sense is gaining influence
If she wins in November, will Harris push for President Biden’s policies, or will she continue to believe in the more liberal policies she has upheld since running for president in 2019?
Republicans say the answer is “both,” but right now voters aren’t sure which.
Trump wants the public to perceive Harris as “dangerously liberal.” The former president has reminded voters of policies Harris supported in previous campaigns, such as decriminalizing border crossings and implementing the Green New Deal. Trump has described his running mate, Tim Walz, as another in “the most radical left duo in American history.”
At the same time, Trump wants voters to recognize that the vice president’s policies are an extension of Biden’s policies. Trump has harshly criticized Biden on rising prices and the border issue, and at a press conference yesterday said, “You don’t have to imagine what it would be like if Kamala Harris became president, because you’re living that nightmare right now.”
The logic was that Americans disliked Biden and viewed him as too liberal, so telling them that Harris was a more left-wing version of Biden and his right-hand man would make voters wary of a Democrat in power for the next four years.
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The strategy gave voters a broad range of impressions about the new candidates.
Fox News power rankings show Kamala Harris leading on two key election issues
Issue tracker results show that voters favor Harris over Biden on key issues in this race, and while she lags Trump on the two most important issues — the economy and immigration — she is still an improvement over the incumbent’s performance earlier this year.
Harris also leads in three qualities — integrity, temperament and mental health — while Trump leads in strong leadership but not in any of the qualities.
Next week, the vice president is scheduled to pitch his policies at the Democratic National Convention.
Harris campaign officials have told news outlets, including Fox News, that she is not pursuing the same policies she did in 2019. But she also Reportedly She has put distance between her and Biden over unpopular aspects of the Biden administration.
In other words, voters’ broad impressions of Harris are in her favor, and her campaign wants to keep it that way.
Issues: Voters favor Trump on the economy and immigration, but Harris leads on abortion and three other issues
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According to the latest Fox News report, voters continue to say three issues are more important to their vote than any other. Nationwide Surveythe economy (38%), immigration (14%) and abortion (14%).
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Fox News Power Rankings: Trump leads on immigration
Trump has maintained a large and consistent lead on immigration, beating Harris by 14 points in a Fox News poll. Marist Poll18 points Marquette University Polland 13 points Wall Street Journal PollAll of this took place after Biden declined to run for reelection.
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Immigration has fallen the most out of the top three issues since May, with 87% of voters saying the situation at the southern border is an emergency or a major problem.
Trump’s advantage on the economy has slipped: His overall lead in the tracker has fallen by eight points from 15 points in May, a seven-point shift toward Harris.
Fox News Power Rankings: Trump Leads on Economy
Democrats will take solace in data showing inflation falling in July, even as economists continue to rate it lower. Worried About the possibility of an economic downturn.
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Harris trails Trump on abortion policy, leading by 15 to 23 points on the issue and 16 points overall.
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The former president has made it clear that he wants to leave abortion policy up to the states, and in this year’s Republican platform, for the first time in 40 years, he avoided mentioning the rationale for a nationwide abortion ban. The polls still show The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down abortion rights was unpopular, something Harris spoke about frequently during her campaign.
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Harris also holds an 11-point lead on health care and preserving democracy, and an 18-point lead on climate change.
Pros: Harris overcomes Biden’s age issue, and voters see her as more honest and moderate.
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In the original issue tracker, age was the biggest area where Trump had an advantage of any issue or quality, with the former president holding a 21-point lead on the issue before Biden’s disastrous debate performance in June.
With this tracker, the pendulum has swung dramatically in the other direction.
Harris currently holds a 45-point lead on the age front, with 48% of voters in a Wall Street Journal poll saying Trump is “too old” to run for president and 57% of voters in a Marquette University poll saying that description describes Trump very well or somewhat well.
To be clear, age is not a disadvantage for Trump over Biden.
Fox News Power Rankings Voter Analysis by Age
A Wall Street Journal poll pitting the candidates head-to-head found that 48% of voters said Trump is too old, while only 2% said the same for Harris, but another 47% said “neither candidate is too old to run for president.”
That’s a stark difference from Biden’s position in May, when a majority of independents and Democrats said the president was too old to be an effective president anymore.
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The results suggest that age no longer is an issue for the Democratic Party, with its voters listing “being too old” on the list of things they dislike about Donald Trump.
Harris’ more significant advantages are in conscientiousness (+16), temperament (+13) and mental health (+8). The tracker had Biden ahead in the first two in May, but Harris has widened her lead since entering the race.
Fox News Power Rankings voter analysis of candidate quality
Trump doesn’t lead on any of the candidate traits, and he beats Harris by 5 points on strong leadership, which is within the tracker’s margin of error.
(Issue and quality are now included in the tracker if they were asked in a Fox News Poll or at least two qualifying polls. A detailed methodology note is available at First Issue Tracker.
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