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JULY HARVARD CAPS / HARRIS POLL: HARRIS RESETS RACE TO PRE-DEBATE LEVELS FOLLOWING HER ENTRANCE; TRUMP HOLDS LEAD
79% OF VOTERS APPROVE OF BIDEN'S DECISION TO STEP DOWN KAMALA HARRIS ENJOYS A 9 POINT JUMP IN FAVORABILITY FOLLOWING HER ANOINTMENT AS THE FRONTRUNNER
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[{"type":"text","content":"79% OF VOTERS APPROVE OF BIDEN'S DECISION TO STEP DOWN\nKAMALA HARRIS ENJOYS A 9 POINT JUMP IN FAVORABILITY FOLLOWING HER ANOINTMENT AS THE FRONTRUNNER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE\nTRUMP LEADS HARRIS BY 3 POINTS, DOWN FROM HIS JUNE 7 POINT LEAD ON BIDEN\nNEW YORK and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) today released the results of the July Harvard CAPS / Harris poll, a monthly collaboration between the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard (CAPS) and the Harris Poll and HarrisX. The new poll found that after an unprecedented month in American politics that witnessed a failed assassination attempt on former President Trump and President Biden stepping aside in favor of Vice President Harris running as the Democratic candidate in November, the horserace has reset to a 3-point lead for Trump, 48% to 45%, with 7% still undecided.\nBoth Trump and Harris have benefited from a jump in favorability due to these events, now tied at 48% and 47% favorability, respectively. Nevertheless, with 24% of voters saying they could change their mind, the matchup is highly competitive.\n\"The Democratic Party has recovered from what was a Titanic — the iceberg of age was sinking them rapidly,\" said Mark Penn, Co-Director of the Harvard CAPS / Harris poll and Stagwell Chairman and CEO. \"Kamala Harris has come with lifeboats to put the race back where it was.\"\nThe July poll covers public opinion on the candidates and the GOP policy platform coming out of the Republican National Convention. Download key results here.\nHARRIS RE-ENERGIZES DEMOCRATS \n79% of voters approve of Biden's decision to step down, and 55% approve of his endorsement of Harris including 92% of Democrats.Compared to June, more Democrats say they would vote for the Democratic candidate (+5 points), and less Independents are unsure of who they would vote for (-10 points). Most of those undecided Independent voters say they would vote for Harris (Harris: +7 points; Trump: +3 points).Harris performs better among minority voters with the support of a plurality of women (48%), Black (67%), and Hispanic (47%) voters.24% of voters say they have not made up their mind on who they will vote for, including 20% of Democrats, 17% of Republicans, and 41% of Independents.BIDEN'S DECISION TO STEP ASIDE HAS LITTLE IMPACT ON APPROVAL RATINGS\nBiden's appr...