Harris leads Trump in New York Times poll

Photo: Evelyn Hockstein Pool Agence France-Presse U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris walks to board Air Force Two as she departs for New York at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on October 7, 2024.

Agence France-Presse

Published at 1:58 p.m.

• United States

With four weeks to go before the US presidential election, Kamala Harris has taken a slight 3-point lead over Donald Trump, according to a New York Times poll published on Tuesday.

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The Democratic vice president has garnered 49% of voting intentions nationally, compared to 46% for her Republican rival.

The 59-year-old candidate is making inroads with Republicans, 9% of whom support her, according to this poll conducted with Siena College.

Kamala Harris is trying to rally part of this electorate by betting that some moderate Republicans do not want another presidency from the 78-year-old billionaire, known for his excesses.

The Democrat held a campaign rally last week with former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney, who was repudiated by Donald Trump. She also reiterated on Tuesday her intention to appoint a Republican to her government if she were elected.

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The latest opinion poll by the New York Times, published in mid-September, placed the two candidates for the White House in perfect equality on a national scale, each at 47 %.

The American presidential election, organized by indirect universal ballot, is nevertheless being played out in a handful of very contested states – where the candidates are neck and neck.

To carry out its opinion study published Tuesday, the New York Times questioned, between September 29 and October 6, 3,385 voters across the country. The margin of error is around 2.4 points.