2024-10-08
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I'm Traci Mumford.
Today's Tuesday, October 8.
Here's what we're covering.
A new poll out this morning from the Times and Siena college shows Kamala Harris sitting at 49% with likely voters nationwide to Trump's 46, giving her a slim lead within the polls margin of error.
This is the first poll where we see Harris ahead nationally since she entered the race a couple of months ago, and this is the first time that we see any Democrat, Biden or Harris leading in the presidential race nationally this year.
Ruth Gelnick conducts and analyzes polls for the Times.
We've seen some notable changes since our last national poll, particularly that Harris has sort of shored up support with older voters and made some small gains with republicans.
But sort of most importantly, she has sort of taken the mantle.
She's edged Trump out as the change candidate, and we know that this is probably the most important metric this election.
A lot of voters really want change this year.
And so Harris sort of taking the edge there really helps explain some of her growth right now.
This poll does show a lot of signs of strength for Trump, though.
In particular, he's still favored on the economy, which is by far voters most important issue.
He also is doing fairly well with men who are important group for Trump's victory.