There’s another characteristic particular to Harris: Thirty-eight percent of Americans say that having a woman serve as president would be a good thing for the country, far more than the 14% who see it as a bad thing. The rest, 47%, say it makes no difference. (Forty percent of women call a woman president a good thing, as do 35% of men.)
Strength/enthusiasm
In another sharp change, 60% of Harris’ backers support her strongly, matching Trump’s strong support and compared with just 34% strong support for Biden last month.
Further, 50% overall say they’d be enthusiastic or satisfied if Harris were elected, compared with 36% who said that about Biden in early 2023, even before concerns about his cognitive age grew. Just among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, enthusiasm or satisfaction with Harris as their candidate is 19 points higher than Biden’s at that time, at 91% versus 72%.
Forty-five percent overall say they’d be enthusiastic or satisfied with a Trump victory, about the same as in early 2023 (43%). It’s 85% among Republicans and GOP-leaning independents, up 6 points.
