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Voters in key swing states are expressing greater confidence in Vice President Kamala Harris’ ability to serve as president, according to a new poll from Morning Consult and Bloomberg News.
Almost half of registered voters polled in seven swing states, 48 percent, said they would trust Harris a lot or somewhat to assume the responsibilities of the presidency if President Joe Biden could no longer do so. Eleven percent of voters said they wouldn’t trust Harris very much while 38 percent said they wouldn’t trust Harris at all.
It marks the highest level of confidence in Harris’ ability to serve as president since Morning Consult and Bloomberg began polling voters in the seven battlegrounds of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in October. The latest survey, conducted from May 7-13, surveyed nearly 5,000 registered voters in those states.
Biden’s age has consistently registered as a concern for voters. If re-elected, Biden, 81, would be 87 at the end of his second term in 2029. Former President Donald Trump, Biden’s Republican opponent for president, turns 78 in June.
In the poll, 61 percent of voters said the vice presidential candidate is more important to them in 2024 than in previous presidential elections because of the candidates’ respective ages. Harris is 59.
Both Biden and Harris continue to receive relatively low favorability ratings among swing state voters, with 40 percent of swing state voters saying they hold a very or somewhat favorable view of Harris and 52 percent stating they held a somewhat or very unfavorable view of her.
Trump narrowly leads Biden by four points, 48 to 44 percent, among battleground state voters in a head-to-head matchup. In a hypothetical matchup between Trump and Harris, Trump leads Harris by a wider margin of seven points, 49 to 42 percent.
✍️: Grace Panetta, politics reporter
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