According to Cai Lian She on August 12th, after US Vice President Kamala Harris took over from Biden and challenged former President Donald Trump for the presidency in 2024, Harris's support rate has risen significantly. This is reshaping the pattern of the US presidential election.

According to a joint poll conducted by the Financial Times and Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, the number of voters who trust Harris in handling the economy has caught up with the number of voters who trust Trump.

The survey found that 42% of voters trust Harris on economic issues, while 41% of voters trust Trump. In other words, Harris leads Trump by a 1% advantage.

This survey result was announced on Sunday and surveyed 1,001 registered voters from August 1st to August 5th.

Although this is a very slight lead, even within the error range of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points of this poll. But it marks a shift in direction.

In a survey conducted by the Financial Times and the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan last month, only 35% of voters said they approved of Biden's handling of the economy, behind Trump's 41%.

In addition, some other polls have previously shown that, at least on economic issues, Trump is clearly ahead of Harris. For example, according to the latest CNBC All-America economic survey, voters believe that under Trump's leadership, their economic situation will be better than under Harris's leadership. The proportion of voters who support both candidates in terms of the economy is 2:1.

Harris said on Saturday that she will announce her official economic policy outline in the coming days.

After experiencing several years of high inflation, the economy is one of the most important issues for American voters. For voters, how much Harris's economic policy will differ from the current government is their biggest concern.

In a survey of respondents conducted by the Financial Times and the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, 60% of people said that Harris either should completely disassociate from Biden's economic policies or make significant changes to Biden's agenda.

It is worth noting that Trump often uses voters' pessimism about the US economy to "win votes." For example, when the market plummeted last week, Trump blamed it all on Harris and the Biden administration, calling it the "Kamala crash."

Other poll results

At the same time that the above poll was released, another poll showed that Harris led Trump by four percentage points in three battleground states. This reversed the previous trend. For nearly a year, these state polls showed that Trump's approval rating was either equal to or slightly ahead of Democratic President Biden.

According to the latest poll by The New York Times and Siena College, Harris's support rate in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan is 50%, higher than Trump's 46%.

However, this poll also shows that in terms of who can better govern the economy, Trump continues to maintain an advantage. In Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, Trump leads Harris with 52% to 46%, and in Michigan with 51% to 45%.

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