Vice President Harris and former President Trump are locked in a good race with Election Day lower than per week away — however voters are cut up on which candidate is greatest for democracy and nationwide safety.
A current Gallup survey, printed Friday, exhibits that greater than half of voters say Harris would do higher than the previous president in terms of defending democracy, 52 p.c to 44 p.c, and bringing about nationwide unity, 54 p.c to 41 p.c.
Trump, nevertheless, has the sting in terms of defending the U.S. from overseas threats. The GOP presidential nominee garners 53 p.c help in terms of defending U.S. soil in comparison with 45 p.c who mentioned the identical about Harris, in accordance with the ballot.
The outcomes largely fall inside partisan traces. A majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning respondents, 96 p.c, say the previous president is the popular candidate to guard nationwide safety. About 86 p.c of Democrats mentioned the vice chairman can be greatest, the survey discovered.
Equally, 96 p.c of Democrats imagine Harris is the very best candidate to protect democratic ideas, and 89 p.c mentioned the identical for Trump. Solely 82 p.c of Republicans mentioned the previous president was their most well-liked candidate for selling nationwide unity, the info exhibits.
The economic system ranked highest amongst points most essential to voters heading to the poll field. Simply over 20 p.c of voters listed the economic system as their precedence within the ballot. Roughly 35 p.c of Republicans and seven p.c of Democrats mentioned the problem was most essential to them.
One other 13 p.c of registered voters mentioned immigration and 9 p.c mentioned abortion have been amongst their prime points, in accordance with the survey. Extra Democrats than Republicans ranked the preservation of democracy as a prime problem — 14 p.c to eight p.c.
Gallup pollsters additionally famous that registered voters have largely selected who their candidate of alternative is in comparison with an identical ballot taken in August. Now, 93 p.c of voters have made up their thoughts — down from 83 p.c within the earlier survey.
The Hill/Choice Desk HQ’s polling index exhibits Harris with a slim lead over Trump nationally — 48.1 p.c to 47.7 p.c.
The Gallup ballot was carried out from Oct. 14-27 amongst 933 registered voters within the U.S. and has a margin of error of 4 share factors.
