Americans are finally starting to feel better about the economy, invigorating Vice President Kamala Harris’s pitch for the presidency as she narrows her Republican opponent’s longtime lead on an issue that is foremost on voters’ minds.
Although voters still favor former president Donald Trump over Harris on handling the economy, his advantage has dropped dramatically in recent weeks. Trump now averages a six-percentage-point edge on the economy, compared with a 12-point lead against President [Joe Biden](https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/candidates/joe-biden-2024/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4) earlier this year, according to an analysis of five polls that measured voters’ opinions before and after Biden dropped out.
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Americans are finally starting to feel better about the economy, invigorating Vice President Kamala Harris’s pitch for the presidency as she narrows her Republican opponent’s longtime lead on an issue that is foremost on voters’ minds.
Although voters still favor former president Donald Trump over Harris on handling the economy, his advantage has dropped dramatically in recent weeks. Trump now averages a six-percentage-point edge on the economy, compared with a 12-point lead against President [Joe Biden](https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/candidates/joe-biden-2024/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4) earlier this year, according to an analysis of five polls that measured voters’ opinions before and after Biden dropped out.
A Fox News poll this month, for example, found that 51 percent of registered voters favor Trump on the economy, compared with 46 percent who favor Harris. That’s compared with a 15-point advantage Trump had over Biden in March. Other recent polls — by [ABC-Ipsos](https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/abc-news-ipsos-september-post-debate-2024), [NPR-PBS NewsHour-Marist](https://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/NPR_PBS-News_Marist-Poll_USA-NOS-and-Tables_486202408050954.pdf), [USA Today-Suffolk University](https://www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suffolk/documents/academics/research-at-suffolk/suprc/polls/national/2024/9_16_2024_august_national_marginals.pdf?la=en&hash=1957FD77A85F5932840B65B1D74B555BAB662158) and [Quinnipiac University](https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3908) — show similar shifts.
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