A new poll finds that voters currently see Vice President Harris and former President Trump as roughly equal in terms of who would best help the economy.
Latest PollA poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Policy Research found voters divided on who they want to lead economic policy, with Harris receiving 41% support and Trump receiving 43% support, according to the data.
The survey found that about 1 in 10 voters said they either trusted both parties' candidates equally or trusted neither candidate.
The former president has tried to link Harris to Biden's unpopular record on inflation and his “Bidenomics” policies, but with the economy appearing to be moving in a more positive direction, including a half-point interest rate cut, the vice president is likely taking advantage of that shift and helping to shift public opinion on the issue.
Before he dropped out of the race, about 60% of Americans disapproved of Biden's economic policies, according to another AP-NORC poll conducted in late June.
In a new survey, 80% of registered voters cited the economy as one of the most important issues heading into November.
The survey noted that Americans this summer were more likely to say they had become economically better off under the Trump administration, suggesting that Biden's economic policies had not brought about much change in Americans' lives.
Despite the political debate over the economy, about a third of voters say the country's economic situation is somewhat good or very good, and six in 10 say their own households are doing well, according to the poll.
Respondents generally trusted Harris more than Trump on health care, including abortion and gun control, and on climate change. Voters gave the Republican candidates higher marks for how they handled immigration and the Israel-Hamas war, but were divided on how the candidates would deal with crime.
The AP-NORC poll was conducted Sept. 12-16 among 1,771 voters and has a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.
