A New York Times poll found that more voters believe Vice President Kamala Harris is “too liberal or too progressive” on key policy issues than believe former President Donald Trump is “too conservative.”
A New York Times/Siena College poll released Sunday showed Trump with a narrow lead at 48% to Harris's 47%, suggesting the political boost Biden is getting from the Democratic National Committee on his behalf may be fading as the election draws to a close.
According to a New York Times poll, data collected in the poll showed that a near majority of voters said Trump “is not too far left or too far right” on major issues, while only about a third said he is “too conservative.”
Meanwhile, nearly half of voters surveyed – 44% – said they thought Harris was “too liberal or progressive”, while 42% felt she was “not too biased either way”.
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HARRISBURG, PA – SEPTEMBER 4: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity at New Holland Arena on September 4, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Trump and Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris continue to campaign in battleground states as polls predict a close race ahead of next week's presidential debate in Philadelphia. (Photo by Kevin Deitch/Getty Images) DETROIT, MI – SEPTEMBER 2: Surrounded by labor leaders, Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to union members during a campaign event at Northwestern High School on September 2, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. Harris is scheduled to host another event in Pennsylvania later that day. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
The New York Times reported that Trump's lead over Harris as a more centrist candidate is one of his “overlooked advantages”.
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“To be sure, he is outside the political mainstream in many ways – he rejected the results of the 2020 election – and certainly holds conservative views on many issues, such as immigration. But he also takes many positions that would have been easier for a Democrat than a Republican a decade ago – from opposing benefit cuts to supporting cooperation with Russia and opposing free trade. He guards that reputation carefully, from his comments about not supporting Project 2025 to his cautious stance on additional measures to restrict abortion,” the Times reported.
Guests attend a campaign event for Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump on September 7, 2024, in Mosinee, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The poll also found that 11% of voters believe Trump is “not conservative enough”, while 9% say Harris is “not liberal or progressive enough”.
The poll follows one released in late July, when Biden dropped out of the race amid growing concerns about his mental acuity, and which also showed Trump leading 48-47.
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PITTSBURGH, PA – SEPTEMBER 2, 2024: Democratic presidential candidate US Vice President Kamala Harris is embraced by US President Joe Biden during a campaign event at IBEW Local 5 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 2, 2024. President Joe Biden was with VP Harris at her second Labor Day event. This was VP Harris' first campaign appearance since she dropped out of the Democratic Party and accepted the 2024 Democratic nomination against Republican presidential candidate former US President Donald Trump. The event was attended by members of the IBEW, United Steelworkers, AFSCME and other unions. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Sunday's poll found that 28% of voters feel they need to know more about Harris before they can support her, compared with 9% who say the same about Trump.
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Harris gave her first in-person interview with the media late last month in a joint interview with CNN's Dana Bash and running mate Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota. As of Sunday, Harris was the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and is now the official candidate, but she has gone 49 days without holding a formal press conference.
Harris and Waltz are scheduled to appear in an interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash to air Thursday night. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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The poll, released Sunday, was based on a telephone survey of 1,695 voters nationwide conducted Sept. 3-6.
Fox News Digital's Michael Lee and Brian Flood contributed to this report.
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