CNN political director David Chalian warned Wednesday about Vice President Kamala Harris's significant behind former President Donald Trump's approval rating among white voters without college degrees.
A CNN poll published in late August showed Trump leading Harris by 32 points among white voters without a college degree in Pennsylvania and by 44 points in Georgia, according to a chart displayed behind Chalian. vote Trump won six battleground states, which Chalian called “a troubling sign for Harris” on CNN News Central, adding that Trump's 33-point lead among “college-educated white voters” in Georgia also poses a major threat to the vice president. (Related: Trump has chipped away at key Democratic voters for years. Can Harris make up for lost time?)
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“If you look at white voters without a college degree, they're clearly a constituency for Trump, and you see a very large number of Trump supporters in that demographic, and that's a problematic sign for Harris,” Chalian said. “She's also not getting the support of college-educated white voters in places like Georgia, and maybe she wants to win back some of the support of college-educated white voters in those battleground states as well.”
NBC News national political reporter Steve Kornacki noted Tuesday that despite Harris's slight lead over Trump, she still remains a strong contender in the Electoral College, having outperformed polling projections in both 2016 and 2020.
“Look at the 2020 and 2016 elections here, polls at this point after Labor Day and the fall rush is starting,” Kornacki told host Ana Cabrera. “In 2016, Hillary Clinton had an average lead of five points. Of course, Donald Trump won in 2016. And Joe Biden had an even bigger lead on average as of Labor Day in 2020. Donald Trump didn't win that election, but he certainly came close in the Electoral College, Ana. So Trump has certainly come from behind before.”
Journalist Peter Hamby also warned comedian Bill Maher on Friday that a shift in support for Trump among young men could be a disaster for Harris' presidential campaign.
“But this is a real problem for Kamala Harris,” Hamby said. “This could be fatal to her campaign… Democrats need 60 percent of the young vote to win the White House.”
“Hillary came up short, Obama got it done, Biden got it done. Kamala Harris is getting like 55% of the young vote right now,” he added. “If she doesn't vote until she's 60, she could lose the election because young men, Gen Z men, are going to Trump.”
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