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Vice President and Democratic nominee, Kamala Harrishas a slight advantage over his Republican rival, Donald Trumpamong American voters, according to a poll conducted Wall Street Journal (WSJ) made after the Democratic National Convention this month.

A poll released Friday shows that 48% voters have the majority opinion positive O democratic candidatebefore 47% belonging former president of the republican partyon the question of which is preferable; If more independents are included, Harris would also lead Trump with 2 points difference47% versus 45%.

However, this advantage arises within the margin of error The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.

This is the first WSJ poll since last April that shows a Democratic candidate leading Trump.

In a late July newspaper poll, Trump led Harris by 2 points.

But it’s not all bad news for Republicans: When voters were asked in a poll who would take on economy -the key issue in these November elections- Trump gains 8-point lead beat Harris and was also ahead by 5 points in the question of who will cope better with inflation.

At the end of last year, Trump led Biden by about 20 points on both issues.

In this survey Harris He got a higher popularity rating. He 49% voters said they had positive opinion about herequal to the share with an unfavorable opinion. That marks a significant improvement from early July, when negative opinions of Harris outnumbered positive ones by 23 percentage points.