Harris wins TV debate with Trump…Gap in approval ratings widens to 5% < Current Affairs and Politics < Article

The winner of the TV debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump held on the 10th (local time) was Vice President Harris.

Reuters reported on the 12th (local time) that according to the latest opinion poll (margin of error ± approximately 3%p) conducted jointly with Ipsos from the 11th to 20th targeting 1,405 registered voters across the country, Vice President Harris was ahead of former President Trump, who received 42% support, by 5% points, with 47% support. This is a wider gap than the 4% point lead in the same poll conducted by the same organization from August 21st to 28th.

Regarding the content of the TV debate, 53% responded that Harris won, while 24% responded that Trump won, showing a gap of more than double. The rest either said no to both or did not respond.

Among those who watched the debate closely, about 52% said Trump stuttered and was not sharp, while 21% said Harris was. One in five Republican voters said Trump was not sharp.

The debate, which was broadcast on ABC News, was watched by 67.1 million people, according to Nielsen, a ratings firm. That’s more than the roughly 51 million who watched the debate between Trump and then-candidate Joe Biden in June.

About 52% of voters said Harris appeared to have higher moral integrity, while 29% said Trump did.

About 53 percent of Republican voters polled said Trump won the debate, while 91 percent of Democratic voters said Harris won.

The poll was conducted among 1,690 American adults nationwide, including 1,405 registered voters, and had a margin of error of about 3% among registered voters.

According to Forbes, the latest poll conducted by Morning Consult on the 11th also had Harris ahead of Trump by 5 percentage points, 50% to 45%.

In the opinion polls before the debate, he was ahead by 3 percentage points, but in the opinion polls conducted on the day of the debate, the gap widened to 4 percentage points, and after the debate, the gap widened to 5 percentage points. The poll was conducted on 3,317 voters.