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I'm David Brancaccio. First, the Economy and Politics.

In a subtle shift, a new survey of registered voters now slightly trust Donald Trump more than

Kamala Harris to handle the economy.

That's according to the latest Financial Times Michigan Ross poll out today.

It's a small shift on a subject that many voters say is the most

important issue for them, Marketplace's Henry Up reports.

Before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, voters consistently said they put more trust in

Trump to handle the economy. But when Harris took over the Democratic ticket, she

immediately erased that deficit before outlining any specific economic policy proposals.

Eric Gordon is a professor at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business which co-sponsored

the poll.

He says even after Harris articulated more specific proposals, like cracking down on price gouging and

financial support for first-time homebuyers she hasn't been able to improve on that

initial bump in support. We know a lot about her policies. She's made

them very clear and nothing much has changed. Well the needles moved a little bit

maybe Trump is half an inch ahead, but there's been no change now that we know what

Harris will do.

So her economic policy hasn't won over a lot of people, it hasn't turned off a lot of people.

One positive for Harris in the F.T. Michigan poll by a 12-point margin,

voters think she better represents the interests of the middle class.

While they see Trump as a stronger representative of corporations

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