A CNN poll taken after Tuesday’s debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris found that voters trust Trump more in the economy, rising from +16% to +20%.
CNN’s Jake Tapper, who introduced the poll, told political director David Chalian, “The first results of our instant poll of debate-watchers have just come in, and David Chalian is going to join us now to break it all down. David, tell us more.”
“Yeah, Jake, and as you noted, this is a poll of debate watchers,” Chalian pointed out.
“This is not a poll that represents the overall population, although in partisan breakdown, it is pretty close to what the overall registered population looks like in the country.”
Chalian showed the result when debate-watchers were asked whom they trusted more on the economy.
It found that although Trump led Harris by 16 points before the debate, 53%-37%, after the debate, Trump’s lead soared to 20%, 55%-35%.
During the debate, Trump stated:
“We’ve had a terrible economy because inflation has — which is really known as a country buster. It breaks up countries.”
“We have inflation like very few people have ever seen before. Probably the worst in our nation’s history. … everybody knows I’m an open book. “
“Everybody knows what I’m going to do. Cut taxes very substantially. And create a great economy like I did before. We had the greatest economy.”
The economy is a primary concern for voters, according to recent media reports.
September 10: CBS News: “About 8 in 10 adults tell CBS News that the economy is a major factor in their choice at the polls, outpacing issues such as abortion and climate change.”
The Economist/YouGov poll, August 11-13: 73% of those polled said jobs and the economy were very important to them, far surpassing any other issue.
July 30: Statista: “A survey conducted in July 2024 found that the most important issue for 25 percent of Americans was inflation and prices. A further ten percent of respondents were most concerned about jobs and the economy.”
March 6: Data For Progress noted that between July 2023 to February 2024, inflation “held the top spot for the majority of the time” among issues important to voters.
Many critics expressed disgust with ABC News debate moderators following the debate.
RFK Jr. said:
“Unfortunately, we had moderators who were clearly biased, who were constantly fact-checking Donald Trump. But none of these kind of whoppers that the vice president was saying, and none of her failure to really explain that, answer that first question, that very, very critical first question,” RFK Jr. told Newsmax.
“They simply sat there on the sidelines and allowed that to pass.”
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