Vice President Harris’s lead over former President Trump among Americans under the age of 45 has expanded to the widest margin since she became the Democratic Party’s nominee, according to a new poll.
The new Economist/YouGov poll, released Wednesday, found that Harris has a 22 percentage point lead, 56 to 34 percent, over Trump among adults 45 and younger. While trailing with the younger electorate, Trump bested Harris among registered voters who are 65 and older. The former president outpaced Harris with 56 percent support compared to her 39 percent.
The vice president had the same lead among those aged 30 to 44, getting 53 percent support to Trump’s 36 percent.
Among registered voters, the Democratic candidate had a small advantage. Harris garnerd 47 percent support while Trump received 45 percent, a lead within the poll’s margin of error.
The former president garnered a near double-digit lead with independents, receiving 46 percent support while Harris earned 37 percent, according to the poll.
Both campaigns’ supporters are eager to back their preferred choice in November, the survey found. Around 68 percent of Trump supporters and approximately 67 percent of the vice president’s backers were “extremely or very enthusiastic” about backing their candidate at the ballot box.
The former president led by 1 percentage point among men, while Harris had a 4-point advantage with women, both being smaller leads than in previous weeks, according to the poll. Trump had a 23 point lead (59 percent-36 percent) among veterans or those currently serving in the military registered to vote. The survey noted that in this group, Republicans outpace Democrats by 41 percent support to 28 percent.
In The Hill/Decision Desk HQ national aggregate of polls, Harris stands at 49.4 percent support to Trump’s 45.4 percent.
The poll was conducted Sept. 1-3 among 1544 respondents, among which 1389 were registered voters. The margin of error was 3.4 points and 3.3 points with registered voters.
