The Democratic nominee for the US presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris, leads the Republican candidate Donald Trump by a narrow margin of three percentage points – 46% vs. 43% – as the two rivals remain neck-and-neck for the White House in a battle to be decided on Nov. 5, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The four-day poll which ended yesterday, Monday, shows that Mr Trumpwho trailed Harris by six points in a Sept. 20-23 Reuters/Ipsos poll, was the candidate preferred by voters on a range of economic issues and that some voters may be swayed by his claims that undocumented immigrants in the country are prone to crime, claims that have been widely rejected by academics and think tanks.

The poll’s margin of error is about 3 percentage points.

Those polled ranked the US economy as the top issue facing the country, with about 44% saying Trump has a better approach to tackling the “cost of living”, compared to 38% who chose Harris.

Among the various economic issues that the next president will have to deal with, about 70% of respondents singled out the cost of living as the most important, while only small percentages chose the labor market, taxes or the “leave me in a better economic situation” category. position”. Trump also had a higher percentage of support than Harris in each of those areas, although respondents by a margin of 42% to 35% think Harris is the best candidate to address the gap between wealthy and middle-income Americans.

Trump appeared to be buoyed by serious immigration concerns in the US, now at its highest levels in over a century. About 53 percent of voters said in the poll they agreed with the statement that “immigrants in the country illegally pose a public safety risk,” compared to 41 percent who said they disagreed. Voters appeared more divided on the issue in a May Reuters/Ipsos poll, when 45 percent said they agreed and 46 percent disagreed.

At campaign rallies throughout the year, Trump has drawn attention to crimes committed by immigrants who are in the country illegally. Although there is little data on the immigration status of criminals, studies have generally shown that immigrants are no more likely to be involved in criminal activity than native-born Americans.

Harris has led Trump in all six Reuters/Ipsos polls since the vice president entered the race for the White House in late July. The latest poll showed Harris leading by two percentage points — 47% to 45% — among voters who appear most likely to cast their ballots on Nov. 5. About two-thirds of the electorate voted in the 2020 presidential election, according to data from the Pew Research Center.

In the recent poll, the voters preferred her Grace for her mental clarity over Trump, with the 55% to state that he agrees with the wording that “it is astute and capable of facing challenges’ compared to 46% who said the same about him Trump.

Polls show Harris and Trump neck and neck in the seven swing states expected to decide the winner, with many results within the margin of error.

This Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted in a nationwide sample of 1,272 American adults online, of whom 1,076 are registered voters. Of these, 969 are considered likely to exercise their right to vote on election day.