Kamala Harris edges ahead in tight race with Donald Trump
24 July 2024 08:33
According to a survey conducted on Monday and Tuesday by Ipsos and the Reuters agency, Kamala Harris has gained a two-point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the United States presidency. The US Vice President leads 44% to 42%.
Reuters emphasises that the difference between Harris and Trump is within the margin of statistical error, which is 3%.
In a survey conducted on 15-16 July, Harris and Trump both scored 44%, and in the survey from 1-2 July, Trump led by one percentage point, with the same margin of error.
Reuters notes that the survey conducted on Monday and Tuesday showed that 56% of registered voters agreed that 59-year-old Harris is "mentally strong and capable of handling challenges." Similarly, 49% of respondents described 78-year-old Trump in this manner. 22% of voters evaluated Biden this way.
Reuters adds that when voters participating in the survey were presented with a hypothetical ballot including independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Harris gained a lead over Trump 42% to 38%.
The online survey was conducted with 1,241 adult Americans across the United States.
The theme of Kamala Harris's campaign for the US presidential election will be "prosecutor versus criminal" - wrote the "New York Times" on Tuesday. Harris was the Attorney General of California, and Donald Trump has been convicted in cases involving 34 serious crimes - the newspaper recalled.
The "NYT" recalled that Trump has managed to alienate certain groups, such as some educated Republican voters or middle-class women. If he continues to insult Kamala Harris in this election campaign without mincing his words, he may definitively lose the votes of these Americans.
And the former president has a habit of vulgarly and unceremoniously attacking women. He called German Chancellor Angela Merkel a "bitch", as reported by members of his former administration, and he also attacked competing female politicians like Nikki Haley or prosecutors pursuing him, such as Letitia James in New York and Fani Willis in Georgia, in very unflattering terms - the "NYT" conveyed.
