Hurricane Milton may be October surprise in presidential battle

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "While Harris leads Trump when voters are asked to rate which candidate is more compassionate or honest, she has yet to fully establish her leadership credentials on handling the economy and national security, to name two top issues, in the minds of some voters.
47% : If there are any shortfalls in the National Guard's or FEMA's plans to help those states that are in the path of Milton, Trump will be viewed as someone who will say, 'I told you so,'" said Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist, using an abbreviation for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
44% : "Trump could absolutely take advantage of that if they haven't planned it all the way through," he added.
42% : The stakes are high for Harris, who has a higher favorability rating than former President Trump but trails Trump, the former commander in chief, on the trait of "leadership" in some battleground states.
41% : "Kemp, meanwhile, is keeping his distance from Harris, who visited Georgia last week, and instead appeared with Trump at an event in Columbia County.
39% : ""Trump is reaching for any topic that will move the last 5 percent of undecided voters.
34% : "Trump, who is tied with Harris in North Carolina and trailing her in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, is trying to sow doubts about Harris's competence and sees the federal response to the two major storms as a big opportunity to shift the dynamics of the race.
24% : Trump has relentlessly attacked the federal response effort, though several of his claims have already been debunked by Kemp and others.
20% : Trump has falsely accused the Harris administration of spending "all of her FEMA money" on housing for illegal migrants and also claimed that hurricane victims would only get $750 each from the federal government, not taking into account billions of dollars more in federal aid that will flow to the hardest-hit areas.

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