A new poll shows many voters say the economy is the most important issue heading into the election, with less than a month left, and former President Donald Trump has an advantage over Vice President Harris on this issue.
public opinion poll, Conducted by Gallupfound that 52 percent of voters say the economy has a “very important” influence on who they vote for in November.
This is the highest since October 2008, during the Great Recession, when 55% of voters answered the same. In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, 44% of voters said the economy was very important to their vote, according to Gallup.
No other issue exceeded the 50% threshold as extremely important to voters, according to the poll. Just under half of survey respondents, 49%, said democracy in the United States was very important to their voting choices.
The survey also found that there is a partisan divide on the issues that voters consider most important. About 66% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents rate the economy as very important, while only 36% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents rate the same. There is.
Trump won a narrow majority of respondents on economic issues. Just over half of voters, 54%, say Ms. Harris will do a better job handling the economy than Mr. Harris.
Polls also show Trump ranking higher on immigration and foreign policy, but Harris ranks higher among voters on climate change, abortion and health care.
Harris led the former president by 3.3 points overall, with 49.8% support, to Trump's 46.5%, according to Hill/Decision Desk's polling index.
The Gallup poll was conducted Sept. 16-28 among 941 registered voters and had a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
