Donald Trump took a surprising lead over Kamala Harris in a poll released just 12 days before the election.
Harris still has the narrowest lead in polling averages, with Really clear surveys showing it at just 0.2% and FiveThirtyEight at just 1.8%.
Now, a Wall Street Journal poll shows Trump leading Harris 47% to 45%, a complete reversal from Harris’ two-point lead in its most recent poll in August.
Another three percent of voters remain undecided, while two percent are holding out on Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who long ago dropped out of the race to back Trump.
Harris has seen her favorability ratings collapse since the last poll. She had the same number of people viewing her favorably and unfavorably in August, but now unfavorable opinions dominate positive ones, 53% to 45%.
Donald Trump took a surprising lead over Kamala Harris in a poll released just 12 days before the election.
Harris has seen her favorability ratings collapse since the last poll. She had the same number of people viewing her favorably and unfavorably in August, but now unfavorable opinions dominate positive ones, 53% to 45%.
Only 42% approve of Harris’ job as vice president, while 54% disapprove, the worst performance in WSJ three surveys since he started running.
Trump, for his part, has completely reversed his perception, with 52% approving and 48% disapproving of his presidency.
More voters view Trump’s economic plans positively than negatively, while the opposite is true for Harris.
Trump is seen as the most reliable candidate on issues such as immigration, the economy, inflation and Israel’s war against Hamas.
Harris is only favored on abortion and protection of Social Security and Medicare.
Perhaps the only positive for the vice president was that more voters (49%-39%) saw Trump as “too extreme” and more (48%-43%) saw Trump as a danger to the country.
It comes after a day in which candidates began making their final arguments to the nation.
Harris called Trump a “fascist” and dodged questions about the effectiveness of a border wall during a high-stakes CNN town hall on Wednesday.
Harris called Trump a “fascist” and dodged questions about the effectiveness of a border wall during a high-stakes CNN town hall with Anderson Cooper on Wednesday.
Trump, flanked by a fireworks display, addresses a massive crowd of supporters at the Gas South Arena on Wednesday.
Her performance was criticized almost immediately by Democratic strategist David Axelrod, who later said on CNN that she had become “word salad city” in several responses.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper had Harris address the news of the day: that Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly, said the Republican nominee fit the profile of a fascist, and asked the Democratic nominee if she agreed, too. with that.
“Yes, I do,” she replied. ‘Yeah. And I also think you should trust the people who know you best on this subject.’
She was less direct when Cooper asked Harris if she wanted to “build a wall,” while speaking in support of a bipartisan immigration bill that included funding for the wall.
When the results were released, Trump, who earlier that night called Kelly a “degenerate” and a “lowlife,” was making the case to his supporters in Duluth, Georgia.
Trump campaigned in the Bible Belt and was asked about his faith at a Georgia town hall.
‘How do you lean on your faith and your family to face this? Because I don’t think anyone else can handle it like you have for the last decade,” Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones asked Trump after saying he has been “vilified” in the media.
“When you have faith, when you believe in God, it’s a huge advantage over people who don’t have faith,” said Trump, who has been speaking more about religion since surviving an assassination attempt.
Political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks alongside Republican presidential candidate, former US President Donald Trump, during a Turning Point Action campaign rally.
Cooper had Harris address the news of the day: that Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly, said the Republican nominee met the requirements of a fascist, and asked the Democratic nominee if she agreed with that, too.
He then quickly turned towards his favorite targets.
“These scoundrels persecuted me at a level called electoral interference. “It’s called weaponizing the FBI, the Department of Justice, they were all going to come and we’re going to make things change in this country, because it’s so bad that they don’t do that except in third world countries,” Trump said . saying.
And think of the scoundrels who are in power right now. It didn’t happen to them.’
Trump brought Tucker Carlson on stage at an event Wednesday night, as the former Fox News host compared the former president to an “angry dad.”
Afterwards, the crowd broke out into a “Daddy’s House” chant as the president took the stage.
Carlson told a rampaging crowd in Georgia on Wednesday night that Donald Trump’s return to the White House would be like a father coming home to deliver a “vigorous beating.”
‘There has to be a time when dad comes home. Yes, that is correct. Dad comes home. And he is angry. “Dad is angry,” Carlson, the former Fox News host, said at a Turning Point USA event where Trump also spoke.
Harris received more bad news on Wednesday, when it was revealed that billionaire Warren Buffett made it known that he will not endorse her or Trump for president in 2024.
The 94-year-old CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, with an estimated fortune of $146.3 billion, has recently endorsed Democratic candidates.
But a Sage of Omaha memo released Wednesday said it would not take a stance in the election and that any other suggestion would be “fraudulent.”