After Vice President Kamala Harris "took over" Biden and competed for the presidency with former President Donald Trump in 2024, Harris' approval rating has shown a significant upward trend. This reshaped the election landscape in the United States.
According to a joint survey conducted by the Financial Times and the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, the number of voters who trust Harris in dealing with 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 1%.
The poll results were released on Sunday and surveyed 1001 registered voters between August 1st and August 5th.
Although this is a very slight lead, even within a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points in this poll. But this marks a shift in the direction of the wind.
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 expressed their approval of Biden's handling of the economy, lagging behind Trump's 41%.
In addition, some other polls have previously shown that Trump is clearly ahead of Harris, at least on economic issues. For example, according to a recent CNBC National Economic Survey, voters believe that their economic situation will be better under Trump's leadership than under Harris' leadership. The proportion of voters who support both economically is 2:1.
Harris stated on Saturday that the official economic policy agenda will be announced in the coming days.
After several years of high inflation, the economy is currently one of the most pressing concerns for American voters. For voters, the extent to which Harris' economic policies will differ from the current government is their top concern.
In a survey conducted by the Financial Times and the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, 60% of respondents stated that Harris should either completely detach from Biden's economic policies or make significant changes to Biden's agenda.
It is worth noting that Trump often uses the pessimistic sentiment of voters towards the US economy to "campaign". For example, when the market plummeted last week, Trump attributed it all to the Harris and Biden administrations, calling it the "Kamala collapse".
Other poll results
At the time of the release of the above-mentioned poll, another poll result showed that Harris was leading Trump by four percentage points in three battleground states. This reverses the previous trend. In the past year, polls in these states have shown that Trump's approval rating is either on par with Democratic President Biden or slightly ahead.
According to the latest polls from The New York Times and Siena College, Harris has a 50% approval rating in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, higher than Trump's 46%.
However, this poll also shows that Trump continues to maintain an advantage in who can better govern the economy, leading Harris 52% to 46% in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, and 51% to 45% in Michigan.