Harris nudges ahead of Trump in the polls – but could the economy prove her downfall?

By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex

The current US vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, appears to have nudged ahead of her Republican rival, Donald Trump, in the race to the White House.

A poll of polls, which combines polls from different agencies, published on the website FiveThirtyEight on October 22 shows that Harris leads Trump by 48.1% to 46.3% in national voting intentions. So the race remains very tight.

There is naturally a lot of attention being paid to what…

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