Vice President Kamala Harris appears to be in a worse position among swing voters against former President Donald Trump than President Joe Biden was four years ago, new analysis shows. Polls have consistently shown a close race between Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, and Trump, the Republican candidate. However, polls have appeared to tighten further in recent weeks, showing an essentially tied race nationally as well as in critical battleground states .
Swing voters, the critical demographic expected to be the decisive factor in the election, appear to be nearly split as well. A report for Newsweek by Impact Social , an online monitoring and analysis company, shows Harris is trailing compared to where Biden was with swing voter sentiment back in 2020. Harris is 9 points ahead of where the current president was four years ago.
"Back then Biden wasn't the incumbent, so simply badged himself 'Not Trump'. Harris, in failing to divorce herself from issues like inflation and immigration, does not have that luxury. So despite being 1 point ahead of Trump overall, the VP is in considerably worse position than her predecessor," Phil Snape of Imapct Social said.
The latest analysis shows Trump and Harris both improving among swing voters sentiments, but the former president has surged 9 points while the vice president is up just 4 points since last week. This puts Harris just 1 point ahead of Trump. "Trump will be particularly pleased as his surge in support is being fuel.
