Trump Takes the Lead In NYT Poll

It’s official: Vice President Kamala Harris’ “honeymoon” is over. 

According to a new New York Times survey released on Sunday, former President Donald Trump is in the lead ahead of the 2024 election.

The NYT/Siena College poll has Trump at 48 percent and Harris at 47 percent among likely voters. These results are similar to those in July, right before President Joe Biden withdrew from the race. 

The outlet noted that one of the top reasons Harris is falling behind in the polls is that voters don’t know much about her and where she stands. According to the survey results, 28 percent of respondents felt they needed more information about Harris, with only nine percent saying the same about Trump. 

Meanwhile, 47 percent of voters believe Harris is too liberal, and 32 percent of respondents say Trump is too conservative.

If November is about change, Ms. Harris will need to make the case that she can deliver it. More than 60 percent of likely voters said the next president should represent a major change from Mr. Biden, but only 25 percent said the vice president represented that change, while 53 percent said Mr. Trump, the former president, did.

The NYT pointed out that this is the first time Trump has taken the lead in a “major nonpartisan national survey” in the past month. 

Trump still has a significant 13-point advantage over Harris on the issue that remains the most important to voters: the economy.

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