Virtually tied

Downward trend: New poll shock for Harris

A Harris cardboard display in a Democratic Party office(Bild: AFP/Yasuyoshi CHIBA)

The race for the White House has become even tighter on paper: One week before the US presidential election, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump are effectively tied in the polls.  

In the latest poll published on Tuesday by the news agency Reuters and the opinion research institute Ipsos, the Vice President has 44%. Trump lands at 43 percent, with a margin of error of around three points.

Harris had always maintained a lead over Trump in the poll since she entered the US election campaign in July. However, this has begun to shrink since the end of September.

Republican catches up on issues
Trump also performs better when it comes to the question of who voters trust to be more competent in the areas of the economy, unemployment and jobs.

If you combine all the polls, things look even worse for Harris:

A majority also find his hard line on immigration policy more convincing than Harris' approach. In turn, more respondents believe that the Vice President is better able to counter political extremism and threats to democracy. However, Trump has also caught up on this point. The survey was conducted over three days until Sunday. It involved 1150 Americans nationwide.