People who tend to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris appear less confident that she will improve the country if elected president than those who approve of her rival Donald Trump.

A Washington Post-Schar School A poll released Monday asked 5,000 respondents whether each would change the country for better, worse or not at all if elected on Nov. 5.

While 87 percent of those who definitely voted or will vote for Democratic presidential nominee Harris believed she would bring positive change, only 43 percent of those who said they would probably vote for her felt the same way.

By comparison, 97 percent of strong Trump voters thought the Republican presidential nominee would have a positive impact on the country, while 73 percent of those who leaned toward him had a similar opinion – a 30 percent difference from Harris’ numbers .

As for those who had concerns about one candidate or another, 86 percent of Harris supporters believed Trump would make the country worse, while 90 percent of his supporters felt the same about the vice president.

“Kamala Harris is proud of all of Harris and Biden’s failures over the last four years, from historic inflation to the open southern border to the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan,” said RNC spokeswoman Anna Kelly Newsweek Monday morning.

“President Trump will deliver the change Americans so desperately want when he lowers prices, ends the wave of migrant crime, restores peace through strength and makes America great again.”

Newsweek He also emailed the Harris campaign Monday morning seeking comment.

The poll takes place just over two weeks before Election Day, with both campaigns targeting swing states and undecided voters.

Accordingly, both candidates are tied or almost tied in seven contested states Posts Survey, with another survey for USA Today/Suffolk University Even if Trump and Harris are only one percent apart. This poll found Harris to be the candidate most likely to bring about change in the United States

“I strongly oppose Trump’s economic concepts of a plan that includes tariffs because I have seen the devastation inflicted on the agricultural community in his first term,” said Erin Parker, a registered Republican in Oregon USA today.

Another voter told the newspaper she would vote for Trump to “get back on track” when it comes to affording groceries and gas.

The Posts A poll found that about six percent of swing state voters were still extremely skeptical of both candidates and were unlikely to vote for either. Many were younger, people of color and likely identified as independent voters.

Of the undecided voters, half of those surveyed in the spring had already made up their minds, while some remained undecided.

“We’ve had to have a lot of conversations about building trust, and that takes time,” said Kelly Morales, co-director of the left-leaning voter engagement group Siembra North Carolina The Associated Press.

“It’s really about making people realize that not voting is also a political decision.”

Groups like Morales’s have been knocking on doors and talking to Latino and black voters who are still undecided and want to learn more about Harris’ immigration policies and what Trump has said about the Latino community.

Survey for Newsweek showed that the economy, abortion, immigration and health care remain key issues for voters across the country as November 5 approaches and both candidates will seek to clearly state their positions as they continue to travel to key states.

Trump will hold campaign events in North Carolina, Georgia and Nevada this week before leaving the swing states and holding a rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

On Monday, Harris is scheduled to hold a campaign rally with former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney in Pennsylvania, while her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, was scheduled to appear there The view.

The Washington Post-Schar School The survey was conducted between September 30 and October 15, 2024. 5,016 voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin were asked 32 questions. The error rate was 1.7 percentage points.