We know that the polls show voters preferring Donald Trump to Kamala Harris on the economy. On immigration policy. On public safety. On most major issues other than abortion.
And, based on just-completed polling, you can add handling of wars to the list.
From Sabrina Siddiqui’s article for the Wall Street Journal, we have this:
With wars in Ukraine and the Middle East looming over the U.S. election, voters give former President Donald Trump the edge over Vice President Kamala Harris on who would better navigate the country through both conflicts, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll of seven battleground states.
Trump leads Harris among swing-state voters, 50% to 39%, on who is best able to handle Russia’s war in Ukraine and has a wider advantage, 48% to 33%, on who is better suited to handle the Israel-Hamas war. The Republican nominee has pointed to his tenure in the White House as a time of relative peace around the world and has claimed—without providing details—that he could resolve both conflicts quickly if he wins in November.
It is a fascination to me that most national polls show things to be even – Trump either winning or losing against Harris by a couple of points – when, other than abortion (which these same polls show to be important, but well down the list) he is preferred on just about every major issue. That seems like a pretty significant disconnect to me.
Well, we have just 23 days until election day, when reality overcomes polling speculation. And who knows how many “October surprises” yet to come.
The bottom line? Who knows? No one, that’s who.
Let’s wait and see.
