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Harris nudges ahead of Trump in the polls – but could the economy prove her downfall?

Written by Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex

The current US vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, appears to have nudged ahead of her Republican rival, Donald Trump, in the race to the White House.

A poll of polls, which combines polls from different agencies, published on the website FiveThirtyEight on October 22 shows that Harris...

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