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By Sophie Clark
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A recent poll shows Kamala Harris currently trailing Donald Trump on eight key issues following the debate between the candidates on Tuesday.
The poll, conducted by YouGov between September 10 and 11, shows that although 55 percent of respondents believed Harris to be the winner of the debate, they still see her as falling behind Trump on many topics.
When asked "how well do you think Donald Trump would handle this issue" versus "how well do you think Kamala Harris would handle this issue," voters saw Donald Trump as the better candidate for handling the economy, crime, veterans, immigration, inflation, taxes, national defense, and foreign policy.
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Of the 11 topics respondents were asked about, Harris only came out on top on the issues of abortion, the environment, and healthcare.
Two biggest gaps between the candidates are on the economy and immigration. In terms of the economy, 40 percent of voters believe Trump would handle it "very well" whereas only 25 percent of voters believe the same for Harris.
Similarly, 42 percent of voters saw Trump as handling immigration "very well," but only 22 percent of voters felt the same about Harris.
Another big difference between the candidates is inflation, as 38 percent of voters believe Trump would handle inflation "very well" compared to only 23 percent of voters who feel the same about Harris.
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The economy is considered a crucial voting topic in the election. A Pew Research poll in 2023 found that 65 percent of voters see inflation as a "very big problem."
Inflation was at its highest peak in the past 20 years under the Biden-Harris administration, as the Consumer Price Index reached a peak of 9.1 percent in June 2022. Inflation was relatively low during the Trump administration, and reached a peak of 2.9 percent in 2018.
Inflation under Biden was in line with global inflation, which was affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and post-Covid anxiety, according to the International Monetary Fund, which saw global inflation rise to 8.8 percent in 2022, and then correctly predicted that it would start to fall.
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Although Trump is seen to do "very well" on more issues than her, respondents do have some faith in Harris, who was seen by more respondents as likely to do "somewhat well" than Trump on every issue except abortion – the four options for each polling question were: "I believe this candidate will do 'very well, somewhat well, not too well, and not well at all.'"
Additionally, when asked who they believed was the most qualified to be president, 47 percent of respondents said Trump, while 50 percent said Harris.
Newsweek has reached out to the campaigns of Harris and Trump for comment.
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