The Democratic vice-president received 49% of voting intentions nationally, compared to 46% for her Republican rival.
Four weeks before the American presidential election, Democrat Kamala Harris has taken a slight lead over Donald Trump, according to a New York Times poll published this Tuesday, October 8.
The Democratic vice-president received 49% of voting intentions nationally, compared to 46% for her Republican rival.
The American presidential election, organized by indirect universal voting, is however being played out in a handful of highly contested states, from Arizona to Michigan, including Pennsylvania, Nevada, North Carolina, Georgia and Wisconsin. .
Poll after poll, the two candidates remain neck and neck, despite a series of unprecedented twists and turns: the criminal conviction of Donald Trump, two assassination attempts targeting him, the withdrawal of current President Joe Biden and the Kamala Harris’ entry into the race.
“I’m literally losing hours of sleep because of what’s at stake in this election,” the Democratic candidate said in a radio interview Tuesday.
“Right now, I end almost every day wondering what more I can do,” she said.
A breakthrough with the Republicans
In the New York Times poll, carried out with Siena College University, the 59-year-old candidate made a breakthrough among Republicans, 9% of whom supported her.
Kamala Harris is trying to rally part of this electorate by betting that certain moderate Republicans do not want a new presidency from the 78-year-old billionaire, known for his excesses.
Last week, she organized a campaign meeting with former Republican elected official Liz Cheney, repudiated by Donald Trump. And reiterated on Tuesday her intention to appoint a Republican to her government if she was elected.
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The latest New York Times opinion survey, published in mid-September, placed the two candidates for the White House in a perfect tie nationally, each at 47%.
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.
