Trump makes gains as poll figures trigger anxiety for Harris campaign

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Trump has apparently become so confident of victory that he has begun moving beyond the battlegrounds to stage rallies in Democratic strongholds such as New York, California, Illinois and New York, despite polls indicating he has little chance of winning there.
49% : Trump has wafer-thin leads in the five remaining swing states.
49% : defaultIf that were to be replicated when voters go to the polls on 5 November, it would get Trump past the 270 electoral college votes threshold needed for victory and propel him back to the Oval Office.
47% : That was illustrated by a Quinnipiac University poll last Wednesday that recorded the five-point lead she held in Michigan in the week following the debate being transformed into a three-point advantage for Trump, 50% to 47%; in Wisconsin, a one-point post-debate advantage turned into a 2% lead for Trump.
30% : Quinnipiac's survey shows Trump with significant leads on the issue in both Michigan and Wisconsin.
24% : Whatever the cash advantages, Harris seems to have lost some momentum in the "blue wall" Rust belt battlegrounds of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania since her 10 September debate performance against Trump in Philadelphia, when she was generally seen as coming out on top.
22% : Likewise, while a majority said Trump has the right experience to be president, 48% said he was "too extreme", compared with 34% who said the same about Harris, according to the paper's poll.
20% : Though survey after survey give Trump clear leads on issues of greatest importance to voters - namely, the economy, inflation and rising costs, and immigration - a majority of voters feel the country is headed in the wrong direction.
11% : And just as Harris has been unable to convert her financial reserves into clear poll leads, Trump is exhibiting a similar failing despite having the edge on some headline issues.
7% : The timetable has been further curtailed by the twin storms, Hurricanes Helene and Milton, that have buffeted the south-east of the US in the past two weeks, diverting Harris from the campaign trail and presenting Trump with an opportunity to spout lies and falsehoods about her and Biden's supposed failure to mount a recovery effort.

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