Topline
Americans lean toward Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over Democratic candidate Kamala Harris as the stronger option to lead the economy, according to polling released Friday, as the American economy sits at a potential inflection point heading into the election.
Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event Wednesday.
Key Facts
A New York Times and Siena College poll released Friday found 52% of respondents trusted Trump to lead the economy compared to 45% for Harris, outside of the sample’s 2.2 percentage-point margin of error but tighter than the 54%-41% split toward Trump on the question last month.
A Financial Times and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business joint survey out Thursday found 44% of voters favor Trump to shepherd the economy compared to Harris’ 43%, within the poll’s 3.3 percentage-point margin of error, but reversing a 44%-42% lead in Harris’ favor in the survey’s September edition.
The CNBC All-America Economic Survey also dropped Thursday found Trump holds a 13 percentage-point advantage among voters who consider inflation and the overall economy as their top issues this cycle.
Other major polls have shown Trump leading as the preferred candidate to broadly lead the economy, including a September AP-NORC survey which reported a 43% to 41% margin preferring Trump on the issue.
Though Harris has narrowed the edge on Trump on the economy compared…
