Four weeks before the American presidential election, Democrat Kamala Harris has taken a slight lead over Donald Trump, according to a poll by New York Times published Tuesday.
The Democratic vice-president received 49% of voting intentions nationally, compared to 46% for her Republican rival.
The American presidential election, organized by indirect universal voting, is however being played out in a handful of highly contested states, from Arizona to Michigan, including Pennsylvania, Nevada, North Carolina, Georgia and Wisconsin. .
Poll after poll, the two candidates remain neck and neck, despite a series of unprecedented twists and turns: the criminal conviction of Donald Trump, two assassination attempts targeting him, the withdrawal of current President Joe Biden and the Kamala Harris’ entry into the race.
“I’m literally losing hours of sleep because of what’s at stake in this election,” the Democratic candidate said in a radio interview Tuesday.
“Right now, I end almost every day wondering what more I can do,” she said.
In the survey of New York Timesproduced with Siena College University, the 59-year-old candidate is making inroads with Republicans, 9% of whom support her.
Kamala Harris is trying to rally part of this electorate by betting that certain moderate Republicans do not want a new presidency from the 78-year-old billionaire, known for his excesses.
Last week, she organized a campaign meeting with former Republican elected official Liz Cheney, repudiated by Donald Trump. And reiterated on Tuesday her intention to appoint a Republican to her government if she was elected.
The latest opinion survey of the New York Timesreleased in mid-September, placed the two White House candidates in a perfect tie nationally, each at 47%.
To carry out its opinion study published Tuesday, the New York Times surveyed, between September 29 and October 6, 3,385 voters across the country. The margin of error is around 2.4 points.