Vice President Harris leads Trump by 4 points among likely voters, according to New Economist/YouGovpublic opinion pollIt was released on Thursday. Harris leads with 49% and Trump with 45%, but 4% of voters are unsure, 1% support Jill Stein and 1% support another candidate. I am doing it.
Harris also leads Trump by 3 points among registered voters. Forty-seven percent of the demographic said they would vote for Harris, compared to 44% who planned to vote for Trump in November.
Five percent of registered voters were unsure, 1% supported Jill Stein, 1% said they would not vote, and another 1% supported another candidate. Cornel West received no support.
Ninety-five percent of Democrats plan to vote for Harris, as do 38% of independents and 6% of Republicans. Harris is supported by 89% of liberals, 51% of moderates and 8% of conservatives.
Ninety percent of Republicans say they will vote for Trump, as do 40% of independents and 2% of Democrats. President Trump's support base is 88% conservative, 36% moderate, and 5% liberal.
The survey also measured candidate likability. Forty-eight percent of potential voters said they had a favorable opinion of Harris, compared to 51% who said they had an unfavorable opinion of her.
Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz was also viewed favorably by 48% of likely voters and unfavorably by 46%. However, 90% of Harris voters said they had a favorable opinion of her, compared to 4% who said they did not.
Forty-six percent of likely voters said they had a favorable opinion of Mr. Trump, while 54% said they had an unfavorable opinion of Mr. Trump. Regarding Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance, 47% of potential voters view him favorably and 49% unfavorably.
90% of voters who intended to vote for Trump thought he had a favorable opinion, compared to 5% who thought he had an unfavorable opinion.
With both parties vying for control of Congress, participants were asked who they would vote for in their congressional district. The approval rating among participants was evenly matched between Republicans and Democrats at 45% each, and 1% said they would not vote.
Survey participants were also asked about key issues ranging from climate change, civil rights and freedoms to national security and the economy.
22% of voters said inflation was the most important issue, 14% said jobs and the economy, 13% said immigration and 11% said health care was the most important issue in their vote.
The poll was conducted between October 6th and 7th among 1,604 respondents via web-based interviews. There was a margin of error of plus or minus 3%. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, race, education, 2020 election turnout and presidential vote, baseline party identification, and current voter registration status.
