US Election 2024: Two candidates focus on economic policy to win over voters

With less than two weeks to go before the US officially enters the quadrennial presidential election, poll results show a fierce competition between Democratic candidate, US Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican candidate, former President Donald Trump.

US Vice President Kamala Harris (right) and former President Donald Trump. Photo: THX/TTXVN

According to a VNA correspondent in Washington, the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, with a margin of error of 2%, shows that US Vice President Kamala Harris is maintaining a 3 percentage point lead over former President Donald Trump nationwide. Specifically, Ms. Harris won 46% of the votes and Mr. Trump won 43%. In the top issues of concern to voters, former President Trump leads his opponent Harris on immigration and the economy, with a gap of 48% - 35% and 46% - 38%, respectively. In contrast, the current Vice President has an advantage in handling threats to democracy as well as health care and abortion, with a support rate of 42% - 35%. Meanwhile, over the weekend, Mr. Trump surpassed Ms. Harris for the first time in The Hill/Decision Desk HQ’s election forecast, with the model showing the Republican candidate with a 52% chance of winning compared to 48% for his Democratic rival. With the race so close, both candidates are targeting voters who need to win. In the final days of the campaign, both candidates have focused on Latino voters, who are seen as the swing voters in battleground states like Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada.

In an interview on October 22, Vice President Harris proposed a plan to double the number of registered apprenticeships, lower hiring standards for government positions, and provide forgivable loans of up to $20,000 to 1 million small businesses. Meanwhile, at a one-on-one meeting with Latino voters in suburban Miami that same day, former President Trump asserted that his economic policies were more beneficial to the Spanish-speaking community.

Hong Nguyen - Dai Trang (Vietnam News Agency)

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