Trump is counting on men, Harris on women
On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, a historic battle for the White House is scheduled to take place in the United States. Will Donald Trump, after an earlier defeat, succeed in becoming president again or has Kamala Harris managed to convince the doubters after Joe Biden's confusing performance? We will know next week!
In the meantime, both camps are already trying to convince their target audiences to flock to the polls. Kamala Harris, for example, may become the first female president of the U.S., and for that she is counting on the vote of female voters. A whopping 53 percent of them say they will vote for Harris, compared to 36 percent for Trump. And a lot of young women apparently prefer Harris' more progressive course to Trump's more conservative views. The younger the women are, the greater the support for Harris. In the group of 18- to 29-year-olds, the Democrat is preferred by a whopping 69 percent. In addition, the Democratic candidate is also doing particularly well among the African-American community. Among African-American women older than 50, as many as 86 percent say they would choose Harris. Of all African-American voters, 70 percent say they will vote for her. Harris, by the way, leads in all groups of voters of color. Among Asian Americans, she stands out over Trump by 28 percent, among Hispanics by 12 percent. Among college students between the ages of 18 and 25, Harris is also the most popular. 38 percent among them will vote for the Democratic candidate.
And what about Trump?
Donald Trump, in turn, is counting primarily on a rather male, low-skilled rural audience to help him get back into the White House. Men under 30 should really make the difference for the Republican. Trump is sensitively more popular with young men between the ages of 18 and 29: 52 versus 36 percent for Harris. It's not just young white voters, by the way. Among African-American young voters, more than a quarter will vote for Trump, among Hispanic voters even more because they trust in him when it comes to the economy. Trump triumphs in almost all white voter segments, but he will still have to bring in some female votes. And he does that mainly among white women without a college degree: 70% of them prefer him to Harris. The lower the education, the higher the Trump factor, and that was also true in the past election.
It promises to be a real neck-and-neck race!
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