{"id":2353189,"date":"2024-10-10T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-maintains-2-point-lead-for-fifth-straight-week-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T12:46:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:46:10","slug":"trump-maintains-2-point-lead-for-fifth-straight-week-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-maintains-2-point-lead-for-fifth-straight-week-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump maintains 2-point lead for fifth straight week &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-maintains-2-point-lead-for-fifth-straight-week-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2353189&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent Rasmussen \u2062Reports survey indicates that \u2062former\u200c President Donald Trump has maintained a 2-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris for five\u2062 consecutive\u200b weeks in \u2062the context of \u200dthe 2024 election. According to\u200b the\u200c report, Trump currently stands at 48%\u200c compared to \u200bHarris at 46%. This lead has persisted since \u200dJuly 21, \u2063when\u200d President\u2062 Joe Biden withdrew from the\u2063 race due to concerns from Democratic leaders about his viability as a candidate. Notably, \u2064the Rasmussen\u200d poll uses a consistent methodology \u200cbased on \u20642020 voter \u2064turnout, providing a slight Democratic\u2063 advantage\u200c reflective \u2064of Biden&#8217;s previous victory. However, it focuses \u2063on likely voters, illustrating\u2064 an ongoing \u2064trend\u2063 in favor of Trump amidst the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/telling-new-poll-shows-americans-are-liking-kamala-harris-less-the-more-they-get-to-know-her\/\" title=\"Telling New Poll Shows Americans Are Liking Kamala Harris Less the More They Get to Know Her\">current electoral\u200b landscape<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump maintains 2-point lead for fifth straight week<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1792825\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In a sign that all of Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s efforts to bust open the 2024 election have failed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/elections\/election_2024\/election2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Rasmussen Reports<\/a> said on Thursday that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> has maintained a 2-point lead for a fifth straight week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-hate-reaches-epidemic-level-as-bias-expands-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Media hate reaches epidemic level as bias expands - Washington Examiner\">latest survey shared<\/a> with Secrets, Rasmussen had Trump at 48% to 46% for Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has led in the Rasmussen survey for 12 straight weeks, back to the weekend President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21 under pressure from top Democrats who felt he couldn&rsquo;t win. At that point, Trump was leading Biden by 7 points.<\/p>\n<p>What makes the Rasmussen poll different from many others is that it has not changed its formula, which is based on the 2020 turnout and gives the Democrats a slight edge based on Biden&rsquo;s victory. It is also of likely voters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reader Reminder: We are weighting nightly election results to the 2020 Recall Vote (Who did you vote for in 2020?).<\/p>\n<p>If we did not do this &ndash; which we believe helps our accuracy &ndash; our Trump v Harris results would be Trump +5 and our new Generic Ballot out yesterday would be&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7iKgqHvqHZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/7iKgqHvqHZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rasmussen_Poll\/status\/1843636738956185656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>And it increased the size of its sample, which has resulted in a smaller margin of error of plus or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-abortion-not-a-major-factor-to-voters-in-elections\/\" title=\"New Poll: Abortion Not A Major Factor To Voters In Elections\">minus 2 percentage points<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The survey comes as several battleground polls are showing either a tightening of the race or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-sees-record-early-voting-numbers-ahead-of-gubernatorial-election\/\" title=\"Virginia Sees Record Early Voting Numbers Ahead of Gubernatorial Election\">slight advantage<\/a> for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>It throws cold water on the media narrative of the past several weeks that the Harris campaign has &ldquo;momentum&rdquo; and soaring public support. While she has far outraised Trump, Harris has seen little bounce from the Democratic National Convention, her debate performance, or her recent media blitz.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instead, she has faced pushback from key Democrats for answering questions poorly and failing to lay out a solid agenda. And her efforts to elbow her way into the discussion on disaster recovery after two hurricanes has not gone well.<\/p>\n<p>On Trump&rsquo;s side, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">media&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s efforts to nitpick his every word has not affected his lead in the Rasmussen survey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1792825\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1792825\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump holds a 2-point lead for the fifth week in a row<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2353190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/harris-trump-oct-2024-campaign-election.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3728,6961,3921,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2353189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-election","tag-lead","tag-poll","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/harris-trump-oct-2024-campaign-election.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}