Vice President Harris urged attendees at a rally in Wisconsin on Friday night not to pay too much attention to polls that report she is neck and neck with former President Trump in the presidential race but that she still believes she is behind.
“We're 46 days away from the election, and we know it's going to be a close race until the very end, so don't pay too much attention to the polls. Let me be very clear: we're behind in this race and we have a lot of hard work ahead of us,” Harris said at a rally in Wisconsin.
According to a Hill/Decision Desk poll, Harris leads Trump nationally by 3.6 percentage points. Of the seven battleground states, Harris holds the largest lead in Wisconsin, where she leads Trump by 2 percentage points.
Nationally, Harris is leading the race with pollster Nate Silver.Predictions and ModelsFor the first time since Aug. 28, the poll tally showed him ahead with 48.9 percent to Trump's 46.1 percent.
Harris began the rally by thanking the local Teamsters organization, Joint Council 39, for its support. While the vice president has the endorsement of the local Teamsters union, Teamsters President Sean O'Brien announced this week that he would not be endorsing him in the presidential race.
At the rally, Harris portrayed her campaign as a symbol of unity, appealing to the more than 10,500 people who gathered at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison.
“We are tired of the division and hatred they are forcing,” she said.
“This is a people-driven campaign. It's a campaign that's about building community, building coalitions, and reminding us that we're all in this together and we're going to be OK,” Harris added.
Harris also praised her former colleague, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), who is in a tough re-election battle against businessman and Trump ally Eric Hovde, a race the Cook Political Report has rated as a “Democrat advantage.”
