Within the newest Ipsos ballot launched Thursday, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris has prolonged her lead over Republican Donald Trump within the race for the US presidential election on November 5. Harris now leads Trump 42% to 37%, reflecting a rise from the earlier Ipsos ballot performed on July 22-23, the place Harris led 37% to 34%.
The nationwide ballot, performed on-line from August 2-7 amongst 2,045 US adults, additionally confirmed a big drop in assist for impartial candidate Robert Kennedy Jr, who now garners 4% of the vote, down from 10% in July.The survey, which was independently performed by Ipsos, has a margin of error of roughly 3 proportion factors.
Along with the nationwide figures, a separate Ipsos ballot centered on the seven pivotal states that have been carefully contested within the 2020 election—Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—revealed Harris main Trump 42% to 40%. Nonetheless, the outcomes didn’t present particular breakdowns for particular person states.
Harris’s momentum follows her entry into the presidential race on July 21, after President Joe Biden, 81, withdrew from the marketing campaign and endorsed Harris. Biden’s resolution got here after a difficult debate on June 27, the place his efficiency in opposition to Trump was extensively criticized. Earlier than Biden’s exit, Reuters/Ipsos polls constantly confirmed a good race between Biden and Trump, with Biden underperforming in comparison with his 2020 marketing campaign, through which he defeated Trump.
The August Ipsos ballot additionally explored voters’ perceptions of the candidates. Trump was extra incessantly related to the phrase “patriot,” a time period typically highlighted in his marketing campaign rhetoric. Nonetheless, he was additionally generally linked to the phrase “bizarre,” a label that Harris supporters have used to explain Trump in latest weeks.
The nationwide ballot, performed on-line from August 2-7 amongst 2,045 US adults, additionally confirmed a big drop in assist for impartial candidate Robert Kennedy Jr, who now garners 4% of the vote, down from 10% in July.The survey, which was independently performed by Ipsos, has a margin of error of roughly 3 proportion factors.
Along with the nationwide figures, a separate Ipsos ballot centered on the seven pivotal states that have been carefully contested within the 2020 election—Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—revealed Harris main Trump 42% to 40%. Nonetheless, the outcomes didn’t present particular breakdowns for particular person states.
Harris’s momentum follows her entry into the presidential race on July 21, after President Joe Biden, 81, withdrew from the marketing campaign and endorsed Harris. Biden’s resolution got here after a difficult debate on June 27, the place his efficiency in opposition to Trump was extensively criticized. Earlier than Biden’s exit, Reuters/Ipsos polls constantly confirmed a good race between Biden and Trump, with Biden underperforming in comparison with his 2020 marketing campaign, through which he defeated Trump.
The August Ipsos ballot additionally explored voters’ perceptions of the candidates. Trump was extra incessantly related to the phrase “patriot,” a time period typically highlighted in his marketing campaign rhetoric. Nonetheless, he was additionally generally linked to the phrase “bizarre,” a label that Harris supporters have used to explain Trump in latest weeks.
