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By Rachel Dobkin
Weekend Reporter
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Vice President Kamala Harris received a boost from independents in a poll that was published on Sunday while former President Donald Trump struggled.
President Joe Biden dropped out of the race last Sunday following weeks of interparty fighting among Democrats on whether he should pass the torch to the next generation after his debate fiasco against Trump last month. Biden also endorsed Harris the day he withdrew from the race, starting a flood of pro-Harris memes on TikTok, over $100 million worth of donations, and 170,000 campaign volunteers.
Meanwhile, enthusiasm for Trump has seemed to cool since a week after the Republican National Convention (RNC) and two weeks after the former president's assassination attempt.
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An ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted from July 26 to 27 found that 44 percent of independents have a favorable view of Harris while 40 percent have an unfavorable view. The poll surveyed 1,200 U.S. adults in total and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. A total of 314 independents were surveyed and the subgroup's margin of error is plus or minus 5.5 percentage points.
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The vice president's favorability rating among independents is up from last week. In an ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted from July 19 to 20, Harris was viewed as favorable by only 28 percent of independents and unfavorable by 47 percent. The poll surveyed 1,141 U.S. adults in total and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. A total of 319 independents were surveyed and the subgroup's margin of error is plus or minus 5.5 percentage points.
Meanwhile, Trump's favorability rating among independents dropped from last week. In the poll from July 19 to 20, 35 percent of independents had a favorable opinion of the former president and in the July 26 to 27 poll, only 27 percent did.
Looking at the whole poll sample from this week, Harris is not only doing better than Trump, but better than she did in last week's poll.
Harris has made a favorable impression among 43 percent of all U.S. adults sampled in the poll, compared to 42 percent with an unfavorable opinion of her. In the July 19 to 20 poll, 35 percent of respondents had a favorable view of Harris compared to 46 percent who did not.
Meanwhile, only 36 percent have a favorable view of Trump in this week's poll while 52 percent have an unfavorable view. In the poll from last week, Trump was doing a bit better, making a favorable impression on 40 percent of respondents and an unfavorable impression on 51 percent.
Newsweek has reached out to the Harris campaign via email for comment on Sunday morning.
When reached for comment by Newsweek, Trump's communications director, Steven Cheung, sent a link on Sunday morning to a recent The Telegraph/Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll that had Trump leading Harris by several points in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, Florida, and Minnesota. All states besides, Florida, Georgia, and Pennsylvania fall into the poll's margin of error. The two were tied in Wisconsin.
Update 7/28/24, 3:26 p.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.
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