Under a technical tie scenario, US presidential candidates prioritize campaigning in key states
October 22
2024
– 09:16
(Updated at 9:31 a.m.)
summary
Kamala Harris has a slight lead over Donald Trump in the poll of voting intentions for the US elections.
With only two weeks remaining before the US elections, Democrat Kamala Harris appears slightly ahead of Republican candidate Donald Trump in the latest poll of voting intentions, released on Tuesday 22nd. The news agency conducted the poll Reuters And by the Ipsos Institute.
New research shows that 46% of respondents intend to vote for Kamala. Others 43% intend to vote for Trump. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points, which constitutes a technical tie.
The scenario is similar to that of the previous poll he conducted Reuters/Ipsos Last week. Kamala emerged with 45% of voting intentions, compared to 42% for Trump.
The new poll also showed voters’ views on other issues. About 70% said that the cost of living in the country was poor. Already 60% believe the North American economy is headed in the wrong direction. 65% also said they were pessimistic about immigration policy — for 35% of voters, immigration should be the next president’s top priority issue during his first 100 days in office.
Kamala led by 42% in responses to the candidate best at dealing with political extremism and threats to democracy. Trump got 35%.
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