Harris holds 3-point national lead over Trump: Survey
Vice President Harris leads former President Trump by 3 percentage points nationally, according to a survey released two weeks before Election Day.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Harris 46 percent support and Trump with 43 percent. The Democratic nominee’s lead was unchanged compared to the previous iteration of the poll conducted last week, which found her up 45 percent to 42 percent.
The survey also found that immigration, economy and threats to democracy were among the top issues for likely voters going into November.
In terms of issues, the former president led on immigration, 48 percent to 35 percent, and the economy, 46 percent to 38 percent. Harris had an edge on threats to democracy, 42 percent to 35 percent, as well as health care and abortion.
Immigration was the top issue voters said the winner should devote themself to in the first 100 days in the Oval Office, garnering 35 percent support. Other top answers were income inequality, 11 percent, and taxes and health care, 10 percent.
Approximately 70 percent of registered voters said the cost of living was on the wrong track, while 65 percent said the same of immigration and 60 percent said the same of the economy.
Over the weekend, Trump overtook Harris in The Hill/Decision Desk HQ's (DDHQ) election forecast for the first time, with the model giving the GOP nominee a 52 percent chance of winning in November. The likelihood of Harris winning was at 48 percent.
The Democratic nominee currently has a 1.2-point lead, 49 percent to 47.8 percent, over Trump nationally, The Hill/Decision Desk HQ's polling index shows.
The Reuters/Ipsos survey was conducted Oct. 15-21 among 4,129 voters in the U.S., including 3,481 registered voters. It has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
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