2 weeks Ago
BY Joe Berkowitz3 minute read Given that the stickiest moments from last week's presidential debate seem to be Donald Trump's false claim that Haitian immigrants are eating cats in Ohio, and Taylor Swift's post-debate endorsement of Kamala Harris, it may come as a surprise that what voters are most concerned about in choosing their next president is still, as usual, the economy. According to a new survey from Morning Consult, 77% of voters cite economic issues as "very important" to their decision. Perhaps more illuminating, however, the report also finds Harris and Trump tied at 46% among registered voters on the subject of which candidate they trust more to handle the economy—with undecided voters preferring Harris's economic policies.
[Chart: Morning Consult] This report, which surveyed 2,202 registered voters, marks a dramatic shift in sentiment over a short period of time. Morning Consult's political intelligence team has been asking respondents who they trust more on various issues every week since last fall, and when it came to the economy, Trump ran consistently ahead of Biden. Once Harris supplanted Biden at the top of the ticket in July, however, the polling began to shift in her favor.
Biden had been trailing six points in economic trustworthiness—41% to Trump's 47%—back in June, before the candidate switch raised that figure to 44% in July. In the weeks since, Harris has closed the gap entirely. Subscribe to the Compass Newsletter.
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