Economic discontent, issue divisions add up to tight presidential contest: POLL

Harris has 50% support to Trump ’s 48% among likely voters in a new ABC News /Ipsos poll.

Issue divisions add up to tight presidential contest: Dreary economic attitudes and sharply divergent views on social policies mark the 2024 election.

The poll, produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates , with fieldwork by Ipsos , finds that 56% of Americans now favor deporting all undocumented immigrants.

Poll: Enthusiasm and personal favorability are two areas in which Harris has clear advantages.

Trump has been underwater in favorability consistently since 2015 -- but won the Electoral College eight years ago .

Polls are best used not to recite who's ahead, but to assess how and why the country is coming to its decision.

The 17 -point gender gap between the candidates is back to its typical level.

The contest stands at 82-13% among Black people who are registered to vote; that compares with 87-12% in the 2020 exit poll.

In expected blue states, Harris is well ahead, 56 - 39% . In battleground states where the contest is expected to be close, it couldn't be closer for Harris , 49% for Trump .