Donald Trump is still coming to terms with facing a very different race from just two months ago and dealing with the fact that his new opponent is widely more popular than President Joe Biden.
Kamala Harris has seen a double-digit increase in popularity since announcing her bid to take over for Biden in the 2024 presidential race after polls repeatedly showed she was a highly unpopular vice president.
Her favorability surged a whopping 16 points since July, according to a new NBC News poll released on Sunday, which is the largest increase for any politician since George W. Bush’s standing after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.
Harris also made up seven points in the race since Biden was up against Trump in July.
A new poll shows Kamala Harris making up 7 points against Donald Trump compared to where Joe Biden stood against the former president before dropping out in July
With just six weeks until Election Day, Harris has a 49 percent to 44 percent advantage among registered voters who want to cast their ballot for her over Trump – still within the margin of error for this poll.
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Earlier this summer, before Biden dropped out on July 21, Trump was ahead of the president by 2 points in a survey from the same pollster.
Now the former president is behind by 5 points, which is what he was ahead of Biden by in January this year.
While overall Trump is slipping against Harris in the latest NBC new polling, he still holds advantages over her in some key areas – like the economy and inflation.
Two-third of voters say income in their family is falling behind the cost of living.
And voters are still ranking the rising cost of living in the U.S. as their top concern going into the election in November.
Harris saw a double-digit surge in popularity since going from just vice president to the 2024 presidential candidate for Democrats
In April, 23 percent of respondents said that inflation and the economy were their No. 1 issue in the 2024 election. And in the latest poll taken September 13-17, 28 percent feel this way.
Threats to democracy is now the second-ranked issue since Harris became the nominee against Trump with 19 percent saying their top concern is this issue.
Immigration and the situation at the southern border fell from second to third place between April and September with only 14 percent ranking it as the No. 1 concern now compared to 22 percent in the spring.