Democrats are concerned about the state of the 2024 presidential election and fear it will become a repeat of 2016, according to a new report.
According to a source close to Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, told CNN Democrats are said to be panicking as opinion polls remain largely stagnant with less than four weeks until the election.
“People are nervous. They know the polls are close,” one source told CNN. “Many of us are also experiencing flashbacks to 2016. We know when it goes wrong, but it can still feel fresh.”
On Wednesday's Liberal Network, CNN reporter Priscilla Alvarez said the Harris campaign is concerned that the race remains deadlocked despite the campaign's efforts to reach more voters. He talked about his conversations with close Democratic Party officials.
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CNN reports that Democrats are concerned about the 2024 campaign and “flashbacks to 2016.”
“This has been described as a campaign in good spirits by several Democrats, allies and aides to the vice president. But what's creeping in now is that fear,” Alvarez explained. “The reason is these polls aren't really moving. Despite the blitzkrieg in multiple battlegrounds, despite the opportunities given to her through media outlets, former President Donald Trump “There's still not a lot of movement among voters who are paying more attention to her.” ”
Alvarez explained that the Harris campaign addressed the pitfalls of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign by expanding into red rural districts where Clinton lost in that election, such as Cambria County, Pennsylvania. I'm trying.
“The vice president has already visited twice, so they're trying to deploy this kind of strategy to try to make up for the position that Hillary Clinton didn't have in 2016. And also, the Democratic They have always been, and continue to be, quite bragging about their ground war, but anxiety and tension are sure to rise as voting day approaches, and the polls remain deadlocked. ” she continued.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Harris campaign for comment.
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According to several polls, the race is close between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. (Fox News)
Jamal Simmons, a former Harris staffer and Democratic strategist, also commented: the hill on wednesday.
“Everything is at a standstill and we don't know the makeup of the electorate. There's a lot of things that are unprecedented,” said Simmons, who previously served as Harris' communications director.
“We cannot look back with any level of security because no African American woman has been nominated. No former president has ever run for office again. Two assassination attempts during the campaign. “We have never changed candidates two months before election day.”
“So it's hard to know,” Simmons continued. “If you're not nervous, you're not paying attention.”
There are less than four weeks until the 2024 presidential election, and voting has already begun in some states. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
On Wednesday's livestream show, political analyst Mark Halperin characterized the Harris campaign as an “experiment” that is facing problems.
“Based on the data and conversations I've had with Trump officials and Democrats, they've become extremely bullish on Trump's chances in the last 48 hours. Extremely bullish,” Halperin said.
“Can she win in a short campaign with an untested candidate? And what I see happening in the private polls is that she's in trouble now,” he said. Said.
The latest Fox News poll from September showed Harris leading Trump nationally by two points, marking a three-point shift in Harris' direction since August.
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FOX News' Gabriel Hayes contributed to this report.
