Harris edges ahead of Trump in latest YouGov poll
According to a YouGov poll conducted for The Economist, Kamala Harris is leading Donald Trump by two percentage points. This is a noteworthy change, as not long ago, Trump recorded better results than both Harris and Joe Biden.
According to the latest poll, 46% of registered voters want to vote for Kamala Harris, while Republican candidate Donald Trump has the support of 44%.
3% want to vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., while 8% are undecided or do not want to vote.
In recent weeks, Trump recorded better results than the Democrats in YouGov polls. He had a 2-3 percentage-point lead over Biden. After the president's decision not to seek re-election, 41% of voters wanted to vote for Harris and 44% for Trump.
According to YouGov, Harris has seen an increase in support among African Americans, Latinos, women, and people under 30 years old.
Who is Harris's candidate for vice president?
It is still unknown who will be Harris's vice president candidate. YouGov examined how Americans view some politicians. Pete Buttigieg enjoys the most popularity (38%), but he also has the most opponents (37%). Mark Kelly is considered a good candidate by 33%, while 23% are critical of his candidacy.
Among declared Democratic Party voters, 69% want Buttigieg to be on Harris's "ticket," and 56% indicated Kelly.
The poll was conducted among 1,605 U.S. adult citizens. Respondents were selected from YouGov’s opt-in panel to be representative of U.S. adult citizens. A random sample (stratified by gender, age, race, education, geographic region, and voter registration) was selected from the 2019 American Community Survey. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, race, education, 2020 election turnout and presidential vote, baseline party identification, and current voter registration status. Demographic weighting targets come from the 2019 American Community Survey. Baseline party identification is the respondent’s most recent answer given prior to November 1, 2022, and is weighted to the estimated distribution at that time (33% Democratic, 31% Republican). The margin of error for the overall sample is approximately 3%.
