Harvard/Harris Poll Shows Immigration Second-Leading Issue Heading into Election
While the electorate isn’t sold on Harris’s border promises
By Andrew R. Arthur on October 18, 2024
The Harvard Center for American Political Studies, the Harris Poll, and Harris X just released their latest poll, and it shows that immigration is the second-leading issue for American voters heading into the 2024 presidential election. It also reveals that the electorate is not sold on border promises by current Vice President (and Democratic presidential nominee) Kamala Harris.
The poll was conducted between October 11 and 13, and involved 3,145 registered voters who were surveyed online by the Harris Poll and Harris X. The margin of error is +/- 1.8 percent.
Biden Approval Rating
It’s easy to forget there’s a current occupant of the Oval Office, President Joe Biden, and respondents were asked whether they approved or disapproved of his performance in 12 different issue areas, ranging from “racial equity” to the “Israel-Hamas conflict”.
Biden received his highest marks on racial equity, with 49 percent of the voters polled approving of Biden’s handling of the topic. His lowest score was on the Israel-Hamas conflict, an area in which just 35 percent approved of Biden’s performance.
Biden’s second-weakest issue? Immigration, with just 36 percent of registered voters approving of Biden’s handling of aliens and border issues.
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