Controversial comments from Harris and Trump campaigns fail to move needle in run-up to election, experts say

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The electoral map focuses on seven battleground states, including three in the Rust Belt and four in the Sun Belt, six of which were won by Biden in his victory over Trump.
53% : But Trump and Harris are competing for 270 electoral votes this year, and both have realistic paths to get there.
47% : "Angry reaction was swift from Puerto Ricans and Latinos in general, groups that Trump needs in key swing states, especially Pennsylvania, where about 4% of voters are Latino.
46% : That's particularly true of Trump, who has been at the center of the national political debate for nearly a decade and three straight presidential campaigns.
42% : Who's on track to win 270 electoral votesDemocratic candidates have won the national popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections, and few expect Trump to end that streak in 2024.
40% : For Trump, the path is a bit narrower.
34% : "Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak said he believes Trump has already the political wind at his back and none of the 11th-hour gaffes will change anything.
32% : But Harris' momentum stalled and Trump clawed his way back, setting up a photo finish on Nov. 5.
27% : Trump had led what looked like a rematch against Biden by a fairly significant margin into the summer months.
22% : Trump: I'll protect women 'like it or not'One of the most notable factors in the 2024 election has been the historically outsized "gender gap," with women backing Harris and men disproportionately supporting Trump.
11% : The Harris campaign pounced this past week when Trump underlined his problems with female voters by saying he would be their "protector," then added "whether the women like it or not."Last weekend, a comedian at Trump's much-hyped Madison Square Garden rally infuriated Puerto Ricans by calling their homeland a "floating island of garbage," an insult that the former president refuses to apologize for.
8% : They compared it to Hillary Clinton's infamous "basket of deplorables" remark, which some pundits credit with shifting the 2016 race to Trump, and even staged a campaign event with him in the cab of a garbage truck to rile up his base.

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