Presidential candidate sees HUGE surge in popularity as election war rages on with just six weeks to go
- The state of the race has continued to change after Joe Biden withdrew
Donald Trump is still struggling with the fact that he is facing a very different race than he was two months ago and that his new opponent is much more popular than President Joe Biden.
Kamala Harris has increased her popularity by double digits since announcing her bid to replace Biden in the 2024 presidential election. Polls have repeatedly shown her to be a deeply unpopular vice president.
According to the US government, her popularity has increased by a whopping 16 points since July. a new NBC News poll That is the largest increase for a politician since George W. Bush took power after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Harris also gained seven points in the race since Biden took on Trump in July.
A new poll shows Kamala Harris ahead of Donald Trump by 7 points, compared to where Joe Biden stood against the former president before he dropped out in July.
With just six weeks to go until Election Day, Harris holds a 49 percent lead compared to 44 percent among registered voters who plan to cast their ballots for her over Trump — still within the poll’s margin of error.
Earlier this summer, before Biden left office on July 21, Trump had a 2-point lead over the president, according to a poll by the same pollster.
The former president is now 5 points behind, while in January of this year he was 5 points ahead of Biden.
While Trump is underperforming Harris overall in NBC’s latest polls, he still holds a lead over her on several key issues, such as the economy and inflation.
Two-thirds of voters say their family income lags behind the cost of living.
Voters still see the rising cost of living in the US as their top concern ahead of the November elections.
Harris saw a double-digit rise in popularity since going from vice president to the Democratic presidential nominee in 2024
In April, 23 percent of respondents said inflation and the economy were their top issue in the 2024 election. And in the latest poll, conducted Sept. 13-17, 28 percent felt that way.
Threats to democracy are now the second-biggest issue since Harris became the nominee against Trump, with 19 percent of voters saying this issue is their top concern.
Immigration and the situation at the southern border fell from second to third place between April and September, with only 14 percent now calling immigration their biggest concern, compared to 22 percent in the spring.