Reuters Poll: Harris' National Lead on Trump Dwindles to Single Point

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : While Harris has led Trump in every Reuters/Ipsos poll of registered voters since she entered the race in July, her lead has steadily shrunk since late September.
60% : The new poll, which surveyed 1,150 U.S. adults nationwide, including 975 registered voters, showed Trump with significant advantages over Harris on several of the issues voters consider most pressing.
53% : Asked which of the two candidates had a better approach to the economy, unemployment and jobs, voters in the poll picked Trump 47%-37%.
48% : Among the respondents in the latest poll who appeared most likely to vote, Harris also had a one-point lead over Trump 47%-46%.
44% : Some 40% of voters in the poll said she had a better approach to handling political extremism and threats to democracy, compared to 38% who picked Trump.
39% : Trump has had an edge on the economy throughout the campaign and 26% of voters in the latest poll cited jobs and the economy as the country's most pressing problem, compared to 24% who cited political extremism and 18% who pointed to immigration.
33% : Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, triumphing in the Electoral College even though she won the national popular vote by two points.
24% : Polls have shown Harris and Trump are neck and neck in those battleground states as well.
23% : Harris has emphasized Trump's role in the Jan 6, 2021 protest at the U.S. Capitol by his supporters, who aimed to overturn his 2020 election defeat, and Tuesday is making what her campaign billed as her last major pre-election speech before the election at the site where Trump rallied his supporters.
23% : Trump has hit back with an argument that Harris' views are extreme and would amount to a socialist takeover of U.S. institutions.
18% : Harris' marginal lead over Trump might not be enough to win the election even if it holds through Nov 5.
15% : Harris' 2-point lead on the issue compared to her seven-point lead over Trump on extremism the Oct 16-21 poll.

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