Vice President Harris has not seen a significant boost in her approval ratings since the Democratic National Convention, and new national polls show her maintaining a narrow lead over former President Trump.
A new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday found Harris leading Trump 50% to 46% among all adults and registered voters. Among likely voters, Harris leads Trump 52% ​​to 46%.
Pollsters noted that the results were similar to and statistically unchanged from their August poll. A pre-race ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll had Harris with 49 percent of registered voters, while Trump received 45 percent.
All eyes are on the polls released after the Democratic National Convention last month to see if the vice president’s approval ratings will rise after the convention, as some candidates have in the past. The polls were conducted starting on August 23, the last day of the convention.
While most numbers were largely unchanged from before the Democratic convention, pollsters noted that Harris had widened her lead among the genders. Harris leads women by 13 points (54% to 41%), while Trump leads men by 5 points (51% to 46%). Before the convention, pollsters said Harris had a 6-point lead among women.
Harris also did better on the campaign trail, with 56% of Americans saying she ran the campaign well or excellently. About 41% said the same about Trump, according to the poll, and most had a more negative view of the campaign.
Trump outpaced Harris on trust in key issues, including the economy and inflation, by eight points in each category. He was nine points ahead of Harris on trust in handling the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Pollsters noted that the vice president is seen as more trustworthy than Trump in protecting American democracy and appointing Supreme Court justices.
It follows a series of other polls showing Harris holding a slim lead over Trump, who has largely denied any gains in support for his vice president.
Harris leads Trump by 3.8 percentage points nationally, according to polling indexes from The Hill and Decision Desk HQ.
The ABC News/Ipsos poll was conducted August 23-27 and included 2,496 completed interviews. The margin of error is 2.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
