Vice President Kamala Harris is hoping that friendly media appearances with prominent Democrats will be enough to push her presidential campaign over the finish line. A series of polls suggests Republican Donald Trump has an advantage in the race for the White House.
On Thursday, on the same day that former President Barack Obama, 63, held his first rally in support of Harris in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the campaign announced that another former chief executive, Bill Clinton, 78, was holding his first rally in support of Harris in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. announced that he would appeal for Harris' support. Carolina.
“The Harris campaign is unleashing the big dog,” spokesman Ian Sams said. Tweet of joy citing CNN report Regarding support for Mr. Clinton. “Bill Clinton will take Harris's place this week in the rural South, stumble through Georgia and eastern North Carolina, and return to the kind of campaigning he hasn't done since before he became the 'Comeback Kid.'
On the other side of Pennsylvania, the state that many see as deciding whether Trump, 78, or Harris, 59, will become the 47th president, the Democratic camp is pushing back against Philadelphia's hip-hop and R&B is making a “significant” ad buy. In an apparent attempt to shore up sluggish black support, the station concentrated on According to local radio host Dan O'Donnell,.
Not willing to give Pennsylvanians a break, Harris' team also announced that she would be participating in an Oct. 23 town hall hosted by CNN.
After being nominated as the Democratic nominee in early August, Harris rode a surge in the polls to overtake and overtake Trump both nationally and in battleground states. But with less than four weeks left until voting closes, things are looking bleak for those involved.
of RealClearPolitics voting average Trump has a narrow lead over Harris in five of the seven key states that will determine the outcome of the election: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Of those five states, only North Carolina supported President Trump in 2020.
Harris maintains a solid lead in polls in Wisconsin, but Polls used by RCP have not shown her leading Trump in the Badger State since late September..
Even more concerning for the vice president is that The Wall Street Journal reported On Tuesday, an intraparty poll conducted by Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin's campaign showed Trump with a 3-point lead over Harris, giving him a better margin of victory over Republican Hillary Clinton in the state in 2016. 0.77%).
The Trump campaign conducted extensive internal polling in seven battleground states on Thursday, showing Republicans up 5 points in Georgia, 3 points in Arizona and Nevada, and 1 point in Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. .
“There are a number of Republicans — and I'm saying quite a few — who say the race is effectively over.” Mark Halperin, longtime political journalist He spoke on 2WAY's “Morning Meeting'' program on Tuesday.
“[They think] That's…Trump is going to lock down Sunbelt states. [Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina]Probably all four, but at least three, then he'll win Pennsylvania, and that checkmate [Harris]. They may be wrong, but many are convinced of it. ”
Dr. Halperin made a similar diagnosis Thursday. Harris insists she still has a chance to win“The snapshot of where we are right now is that there are a lot of Democrats who are really concerned, and there aren't really any Republicans who are concerned, including at Mar-a-Lago.”
While most polls show Harris winning overwhelming majorities among women and college-educated white voters, her vote share among Black and Latino voters is lower than that of President Biden's in 2020. She received fewer votes, and Trump has an overwhelming lead among male voters.
In a recent opinion poll, AP-NORC Public Relations Research Center And while black registered voters have overwhelmingly favorable views of Harris compared to Trump, they are unsure whether she will bring about positive change for the country. It shows.
harris ally Apparently feeling nervous, anonymously complains about Axios The report released Thursday found that despite raising more money than Trump and filling the airwaves with ads, a survey of voters in the “blue wall” states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin showed , where Democratic candidates “seem to be stalling, or even slipping a little bit.”
U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), who is running for U.S. Senate in the Wolverine state, also recently expressed concerns about Harris' standing in the state.
“What kind of situation are we on the Kamala Harris River in places like Michigan? I'm not feeling the best right now.”
“Our vote puts her in the water,” Slotkin reportedly added.
A senior Democratic Party official told the Post that Democrats are “not in a blue wall panic,” but acknowledged that they are concerned about the narrow margin between Harris and Trump, and that Democrats are calling for a second debate. He suggested that the reason behind this was the slump in public opinion polls.
“Debates help her,” officials stressed, adding that the campaign is not doing Harris any favors by booking her on friendly, bubbly platforms like the podcast “Call Her Daddy.” added.
Democratic pollster Brad Bannon told the Post that Harris' new campaign strategy is focused on “maximizing turnout” in core Democratic constituencies, rather than trying to woo a disappearing minority of undecided voters. He said the aim is to ensure that.
“Obviously they should be concerned about turnout,” Bannon said. “And they should do everything they can to increase turnout among the Democratic base.”
Trump's advisers pointed to radio ad spending targeting black male voters and the launch of a new initiative called Hombres Con Harris targeting Hispanic men. I'm worried about the election campaign.”
“I think she's playing defense, not offense,” the source added. “That's very clear.”
