Vice President Kamala Harris’ popularity has soared after President Joe Biden ended his presidential campaign and she became the presumptive presidential nominee.
Harris’ approval rating among Americans reached 43 percent in late July, up from 35 percent before Biden dropped out of the race, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll.
Her unfavorable rating was 42 percent, down from 46 percent before Biden withdrew.
This comes as the campaign season has seen a wave of enthusiasm as Democrats rally behind the new presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
In less than a week, Harris raised $200 million, with 66 percent of the donations coming from first-time donors, the campaign said, and signed up 170,000 new volunteers with less than 100 days until Election Day.
A new poll shows Kamala Harris’ popularity has risen while Donald Trump’s has fallen after the uproar when Biden dropped out of the race.
Despite the positive developments that usually accompany conventions, Donald Trump’s popularity has fallen, a new poll shows.
The poll found that Trump’s positive rating stood at 36 percent at the end of July, while his negative rating stood at 52 percent.
Before Biden withdrew from the race, the Republican ex-president’s popularity among Americans stood at 40 percent, while 51 percent of Americans responded negatively.
At the same time, Trump’s running mate JD Vance has a popularity rating of 24 percent, while 39 percent view him unfavorably.
But unlike Harris and Trump, many Americans are only just getting to know the conservative senator from Ohio, whom Trump named as his running mate two weeks ago.
Seventeen percent of Americans said they had no opinion about Vance, while 19 percent said they didn’t know.
Survey conducted from July 26 to 27 among 1,200 adults
JD Vance buys breakfast while campaigning in Minnesota on July 28. Seventeen percent of Americans have no opinion about JD Vance, while 19 percent said they don’t know.
Overall, 86 percent of Democrats and 52 percent of Americans believe Harris should be the Democratic presidential nominee, the poll found. Only 14 percent of Democrats said the party should have chosen a different candidate.
The poll shows a huge shift in enthusiasm since Harris took the lead.
The poll found that nearly nine in 10 Democrats are enthusiastic about Harris’ nomination, with 63 percent saying they are very enthusiastic and 25 percent saying they are somewhat enthusiastic.
Vice President Harris waves as she heads to Air Force Two to travel to Pittsfield, MA on July 27
Former President Donald Trump closes out a campaign rally in St. Cloud, MN on July 27
Among Republicans, 82 percent said they were enthusiastic about Trump as the GOP nominee.
Since the major changes in the presidential race, more people said they were likely to vote in November.
Sixty-six percent said they were absolutely certain they would vote, including 76 percent of Democrats and 78 percent of Republicans, up from 62 percent in early July.
The number of people who said they were less likely to vote fell from 20 percent to 14 percent.