News Analysis: Trump gains among young men, Harris seeks votes from women, Republicans
The Hindu
With Election Day approaching, Trump focuses on men, Harris on women, both targeting undecided voters in key battleground states.
With less than two weeks to go to November 5, Election Day in the U.S., Republican Candidate Donald Trump has been trying to capitalise on the support he has among men, focusing especially on bolstering his numbers among younger Black and Hispanic men.
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Mr. Trump has had a 21 point lead over Vice President and Democratic Candidate Kamala Harris among young men (58% v 37%), while Ms. Harris has had a 39 point lead over Trump among women (67% v 28%), over three New York Times/ Siena College polls, the New York Times reported.
The leads are in a similar direction, albeit of a smaller magnitude, for all men and all women (irrespective of age). This pattern is consistent with 2016’s outcomes. Democratic Candidate Hilary Clinton won the female vote by 15 points, while Mr. Trump won the male vote by 11 points, CPR’s Amy Walters says, noting that the variation is in the percentage of men supporting the Democratic ticket (41% in 2016, 48% in 2020 and 43% this year).
The candidates are therefore squeezing out what support they can from segments that could get them over the finish line: Mr. Trump with men, Ms. Harris with women while also trying to add independents and undecided voters.
To this end, Mr. Trump and Fox News host Lawrence Jones visited a Barber shop in the Bronx last week, where the former president interacted with Black and Hispanic barbers and their clients, some getting their hair cut during the broadcast.
The entire event had an undertone of ‘shooting the breeze with the boys’. The questions played to Mr. Trump’s strengths (as has been the case for Ms Harris in several of her events). The topics included inflation, energy costs, the economy and border security. Mr. Trump related policy issues to the shop’s accounts.
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