Michael Steele, a former Republican National Chairman and now a frequent critic of the party, said Sunday that he believes Vice President Harris will win the general election, flipping North Carolina and Florida in the process.
“This coalition that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are building right now is not only remarkable, but if she wins, it will be one for the history books,” Steele said in an interview on MSNBC's “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart.”
“Florida and North Carolina are going to fall along with Georgia,” Steele continued.
Steele agreed with author and podcast host Steve Phillips, who said Florida and North Carolina are “currently at stake” for Harris. Suggests an increase He is seeing growing enthusiasm and support from black voters in key battleground states.
Mr. Phillips In a recent article In an interview with MSNBC, he argued that “almost every state that Barack Obama won in 2012 is within reach for Harris and she could win it.”
“I agree with Steve,” Steele said, recalling that shortly after Harris became the party's nominee to replace President Biden, she said, “At the end of the day, this election could be bigger for the Democratic Party than Obama was. What Kamala Harris could have done then, and what's now been demonstrated and is certainly reflected in what Steve said, is that she can build a different coalition.”
The Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, which overturned federal abortion rights, could give Harris an opportunity to appeal to center-right voters who oppose highly restrictive abortion laws but might otherwise support a Republican candidate, Steele said.
He also said he believes Harris has the potential to form a historic coalition that goes beyond just Obama and Biden supporters.
Steele said Harris' coalition “could be more than just the Obama-Biden combination, the '08-'20 combination, and it could add something new, because it was Dobbs who made a difference on the issues. Now abortion is an issue.”
“This bill would attract center-right voters who would otherwise align with the Republican Party, but who are now alienated by the Republican Party's heavy-handed approach to control and disenfranchise women's bodies and rights, and that, too, is unsatisfactory,” Steele said.
