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Registered voters are split on trusting Harris or Trump to handle economic issues AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Although 62% consider the national economy in bad shape, there has been an improvement in the public’s view of the economy since last year.
Most voters think the economy is poor, but split on whether Trump or Harris can fix it: AP-NORC poll Steve Peoples & Linley Sanders, Associated Press A majority of registered voters in the survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research describe the economy as poor. About 7 in 10 say the nation is going in the wrong direction. But the findings reaffirm that Trump has lost what had been an advantage on the economy, which many voters say is the most important issue this election season above abortion, immigration, crime and foreign affairs. Harris media blitz and Trump campaign rallies capture Americans’ attention Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN As the 2024 presidential election season enters its final weeks, Kamala Harris is getting attention for a recent string of high-profile interviews, and Donald Trump for his campaign rallies, according to The Breakthrough, a CNN polling project that tracks what average Americans are actually hearing, reading and seeing about the presidential nominees throughout the contest. The survey also finds dishonesty remaining a central theme of the election, with “lies” the most common word used in conjunction with Trump’s campaign.
Poll: Voters repelled by election denial and overturning Roe — and drawn to economic proposals Bridget Bowman, NBC News The NBC News poll tested policy proposals in the 2024 campaign, finding openness to economic proposals and opposition to denying the 2020 election results.
Harris May Be Catching Up on a Key Polling Question: Which Candidate Helps You? Ruth Igielnik, New York Times [unlocked] Many voters believe Donald Trump’s policies have helped them, Times/Siena polls show. Kamala Harris has made up some lost ground on that question, though there are warning signs in the swing states.
