by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News September 19, 2024
A new Gallup poll finds that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has a two-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris in favorability ratings.
Both are rated at over 90 percent favorable within their own party, but it is Independents that are often the most coveted votes in what are billed as close races.
The Gallup poll found 60 percent of Independents have an unfavorable view of Harris while 35 percent have a favorable view and another five percent have either no opinion or don't know who she is.
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Gallup said: "Nearly identical percentages of U.S. adults rate Donald Trump (46%) and Kamala Harris (44%) favorably in Gallup’s latest Sept. 3-15 poll, during which the candidates debated for the first time. Both candidates, however, have higher unfavorable than favorable ratings. Trump’s unfavorable rating is seven percentage points higher than his favorable score, and Harris’ is 10 points higher.
"Harris’ bump in favorability after her unexpected nomination as the Democratic presidential nominee has moderated somewhat, while Trump’s favorability is up five points since last month, returning to the level he was at in June."
Trump is currently viewed better than he was at a similar point in the 2020 and 2016 campaigns.
"The vice presidential candidates’ favorable ratings are not yet as concrete as their running mates’ are," Gallup noted.
About one in five U.S. adults do not yet have an opinion of Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (19%) or Republican Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance (17%).
Both vice presidential candidates receive largely favorable scores from their party base: 79% of Democrats rate Walz positively, and 74% of Republicans have a favorable view of Vance.
After being forced out of his bid for re-election in July, Joe Biden enjoyed a boost in his approval rating to 43% last month, but that has slipped to 39% in the new poll, not far from the 36% taken in the weeks leading up to his being kicked off the Democrat ticket.
