Harris widens lead, blunts Trump’s edge on economy

Vice President Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 47 per cent to 40 per cent in the race to win the November 5 US presidential election, as she appeared to blunt Trump’s edge on the economy and jobs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Tuesday found.

Harris had a six percentage point lead based on unrounded figures — which showed her with support from 46.61 per cent of registered voters while Trump was backed by 40.48 per cent, according to the three-day poll that closed on Monday. The Democrat’s lead was slightly higher than her five-point advantage over Trump in a September 11-12 Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Asked which candidate had the better approach on the “economy, unemployment and jobs,” some 43% of voters in the poll picked Trump and 41% selected Harris.