Harris, Trump march forward in US battleground states drive

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Harris, 59, will be in perhaps the most crucial swing state, Pennsylvania, where earlier this week she debated Trump for the first time, landing several barbs that appeared to get under the Republican's skin.
39% : "It's time to turn the page" on Trump, she said, promising to defend the US middle class and women's reproductive rights.
28% : Trump, 78, heads to Nevada, where his campaign says he will focus on delivering a message on the economy -- a key issue in this election, with US inflation slowing but still higher than most consumers are used to.
20% : Hammering away at the key election issue of immigration, Trump repeated unfounded allegations against Haitian migrants in the Ohio town of Springfield, claiming they were eating residents' pets.
20% : In recent days, Trump has frequently been seen with Laura Loomer, a radical right-wing activist who has been known to peddle unfounded conspiracy theories, including regarding the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States.
20% : When Trump brought up the false story about pets being eaten by migrants in their televised debate on Tuesday, she responded by shaking her head disbelievingly.
8% : At a rally in Arizona on Thursday, Trump called Harris a "lunatic" and accused the moderators of the debate earlier in the week of being biased against him.
8% : Harris entered the race unexpectedly after US President Joe Biden dropped out in July, following a disastrous performance in a televised debate against Trump.

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