Despite Harris' slingshot entry, she trails Trump in 4 swing states
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The race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump runs close as early polls show almost equal support for each candidate.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the American Federation of Teachers' 88th national convention, on Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Houston. (AP)
The race for votes and presidency between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump has shifted the tide against the "double-hater" phenomenon that arose when Joe Biden was still a candidate.
Before Biden dropped out of the race, American society was unprecedentedly split down the middle between supporting the incumbent president or former one. The "double-hater" voter percentage, however, then dropped from 20% to 8% after Biden's withdrawal.
While 90% of Americans think Biden made the right choice, his approval rating following his withdrawal increased from 36% to 43%.
However, the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump was also factored into the major decrease. American voters, according to Axios, now favor Trump more following the Pennsylvania debacle, raising his approval rating from 42% to 47% as per a NYT/Siena poll.
Kamala Harris' approval rating similarly rose to 46%.
This also comes as more people decide to head to the polls following Harris' entrance into the race. The percentage of voters who had decided to sit out of the race decreased from 4% to 2%.
Bad news, Kamala
However, despite a surge in Harris' approval rating, a YouGov poll estimated that 30% of Americans think that the United States is not ready for a female president. Since 2015, the percentage increased by only 9%.
54% of Americans, however, disagreed, while the remaining 16% provided no data.
While Harris surpassed Biden in Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, by a margin of 3-5%, she still trails behind Trump, although very closely.
The Emerson College Polling/The Hill poll shows that Harris garnered 44% of support in Arizona versus 49% for Trump, 46% versus 48% in Georgia and Pennsylvania, and 45% versus 46% in Michigan.
In Wisconsin, both candidates had an equal support of 47%.
When Harris was nominated as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, she vowed to defeat Trump.
However, it is worth noting that her reputation is tarnished both overseas and at home due to her hawkish support of military aggressions abroad, as well as her controversial actions as Attorney General in California, such as unjustly incarcerating innocent individuals, supporting the death penalty, and shielding law enforcement officers accused of unjust killings.
