A new opinion poll released by Wall Street Journal this Friday (11) shows that the electoral race in the United States remains tight, especially in key states for candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
The survey, carried out between September 28 and October 8, puts the Democrat with a slight advantage of two percentage points in Arizona, Georgia and Michigan, while the Republican Trump appears six points ahead in Nevada and one in Pennsylvania. The two remain tied in North Carolina and Wisconsin.
Following the projection of WSJif Kamala Harris were to win the states where she has the indicated lead, she would win a slim majority in the Electoral College.
However, the same poll shows that voters in the country’s seven key states see Trump as better prepared than the Democrat to deal with the economy and border security, issues that are at the top of the American electorate’s concerns.
By 10 percentage points, more respondents said Trump would do better than Harris on economic issues, a point voters cite as most important in their choice of candidate. Regarding immigration, Trump leads the preference with 16 points, the second highest issue on Americans’ radar.
The survey also showed that Harris has an advantage when voters are asked “who cares more about people”. She leads by six points against the Republican. The two are technically tied when voters are asked which one will defend American workers.
Despite this perspective, voters remain divided over which candidate is best suited to govern the country in the coming years.
In the analysis of the WSJcurrent projections suggest that Harris has a “potential path” to victory through the competitive Sun belt states, a region of the country where the Democrats’ defeat seemed certain while Biden was the candidate of the plate.
Of the 4,200 swing state voters surveyed, Donald Trump draws 46% support, while Harris draws 45%.
The survey was conducted via cell phone and landline, with some respondents contacted via text message. In total, 600 registered voters in each of the seven states were interviewed. The margin of error for the full sample of 4,200 was plus or minus 1.5 percentage points and 4 percentage points for results in each state.
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