The latest PBS News poll: Harris leads by 4 percent

According to Isna, there is only one day left until the 2024 US presidential election. Since Kamala Harris, the candidate of the Democratic Party and vice president of the United States, entered the presidential race in July, several polls reported her lead over Donald Trump, the candidate of the Republican Party and the former president of the United States.

However, according to the results of various polls published by American opinion polling sites in recent weeks, Trump and Harris are in a close competition and in a relatively equal position.

However, a recent PBS News poll released today has Harris leading nationally with 51 percent of the vote. However, Lee Miringoff, director of Marist College’s Public Opinion Institute, told the network that it is still difficult to predict the outcome of the election due to the “close competition of 2 candidates”.

According to PBS News, the 2024 US presidential election has become one of the strangest and most dangerous presidential elections in the history of this country.

The network wrote: “During the current presidential race, for the first time, the incumbent president and the main candidate of the Democratic Party withdrew from the race with less than four months left until the election day. After the resignation of Biden (President of the United States), the first A woman of color was nominated to compete in the US presidential election. On the other hand, a candidate (Trump) was the target of 2 failed assassination attempts and he has been found guilty of 34 charges by the court.

Nevertheless, PBS News wrote: “The 2024 presidential election is a repeat of the 2020 presidential election. At that time, the candidate of the Democratic Party (Biden) was ahead of Trump at the national level with 51% of the votes and a difference of 4%.”

In this regard, Miringov stated: “Despite all the developments of the past four years, we have returned to the same point as the previous period. “Even the Electoral College is similar to the 2020 presidential election.”

However, according to PBS News, there is still a close competition between the two candidates. According to this network, the popularity of Trump and Harris has become more balanced among American women and men. Whereas, in October, the gap between men’s support for Trump and Harris was 16 percentage points, this number has now decreased to 4 percentage points.

The same thing happened to Harris. In October, the Democratic Party candidate had the support of 55% of American women by an 18% margin, which has now narrowed to 11%.

According to a PBS News report, even American men and women support different candidates the same as in 2020. The network also wrote that minorities, such as blacks and Latinos, support Harris, and this is the main strength of the Democratic candidate.

On the other hand, Harris has recently tried to attract the support of Republicans. To attract the votes of American Republicans, he used people like “Liz Chaney” in his election campaign, according to a report by PBS News, he was able to increase the amount of Republican support compared to last month.

This network wrote: “About 8% of American Republican citizens will vote for Harris. This number is 2 times the amount of support of the Democrats for Trump.

Harris leads in early polls

The important point of the PBS News article is Harris’ 14% lead in early elections. So far, 78 million American citizens have participated in the early elections of this country. But 53 percent of other voters who are waiting for the final day of the US presidential election are expected to vote for Trump.

According to Miringov, despite the publication of numerous polls and drawing the attention of many political experts to the results of these polls, it is impossible to predict the current presidential election in the United States, and the published polls “only show the strengths of each candidate, and in the end, all Polls indicate the widespread bipolarity of the American society.

The main concerns of American citizens

According to PBS News, the biggest concern of American citizens is “preserving democracy and managing rampant inflation” in this country.

On the other hand, this network reported that regardless of the result of the US presidential election, 71% of American citizens believe that their chosen candidate lost and cannot accept the result of the election. 27% of American citizens have also called for mass protests in case of defeat of their desired candidate.

According to PBS News, by fueling the possibility of fraud in the current election, Trump wants to challenge the election result in case of defeat, and 43% of his supporters also support Trump’s request to challenge the election result and hold protests. widely supported.

Earlier, the American newspaper “New York Post” reported that the authorities of the city of “Washington DC” are preparing themselves for potential riots after the presidential and congressional election day, which will be held tomorrow, Tuesday.

In the meantime, the “Washington Post” newspaper reported that the US Secret Service has installed high metal fences around the White House and Kamala Harris’ residence at the location of the US Navy Observatory, but security officials say that there are no violent threats against these places.

The preparations come as the United States witnessed violent protests in May 2020 in response to the police killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, nearly four years ago. Some time after the 2020 presidential election, the US Congress building was the target of a riot and attack by supporters of Donald Trump in protest of his defeat to Joe Biden in that year’s election.

Before the 2020 presidential election, the American media also reported that the authorities have set up security guards around government buildings in preparation for any possible disturbance.

In this situation, PBS News also reported that 72% of American citizens are worried about the violence of the presidential elections in this country and the formation of internal protests.

The US presidential election will be held tomorrow, the 5th of November (November 15).

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