By Insider NJ |
October 3, 2024, 6:06 am | in
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A new Emerson College Polling national survey finds 50% of voters support Vice President Kamala Harris, while 48% support former President Donald Trump for president in 2024. One percent support someone else, and 1% are undecided.
“The margin between the candidates has stayed the same since early September, when Harris held 49% and Trump 47%,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said. “Harris maintains a slight edge, though less than Biden’s four-point lead in Emerson 2020 national polls at this time.”
Half of voters have a favorable view of Harris, while 50% have an unfavorable view of her.
Forty-nine percent have a favorable view of Trump, while 51% have an unfavorable view of him.
Prior to the Vice Presidential debate, 46% had a favorable view of Tim Walz, while 46% had an unfavorable view of him. Nine percent had not heard of him. Similarly, 46% had a favorable view of JD Vance, while 48% had an unfavorable view of him, 6% had never heard of Vance.
On the generic congressional ballot, 47% support the Democratic candidate, 46% the Republican, and 7% are undecided.
A majority of voters (56%) think Trump and Harris should have another debate, while 35% think they should not.
A majority of Democrats 69% and independents (58%) think Trump and Harris should have another debate. Republicans are more split: 49% think Trump and Harris should not have another debate, while 41% think they should.
The top issue for voters is the economy (41%), immigration (17%), threats to democracy (11%), abortion access (7%), healthcare (6%), housing affordability (6%), and crime (3%).
Republicans are most concerned about the economy (51%) and immigration (27%).
Independents’ top issues include the economy (44%), and immigration (16%).
Democrats are more split: 31% say the economy is the top issue, 19% threats to democracy, 14% abortion access
Voters were asked about providing financial assistance to first-time home buyers through a direct grant to help them purchase a home to address the wealth gap. Fifty-three percent of voters support such a proposal, while 12% neither support nor oppose, and 35% oppose it.
The policy is most supported by young voters, and less popular with older voters: 72% of voters under 30 support the policy, 69% in their 30s, 60% in their 40s, 37% in their 50s, 43% of those 60 and over. Such a policy is supported by 88% of Democrats, 29% of Republicans, and 39% of independents.
