Democrats are worried that a smug, overconfident party at the time of Vice President Kamala Harris’ honeymoon will make it impossible for her to withstand the brutal attacks she is likely to face as the November elections approach.
Democrat strategists know that Harris, a radical far-left Democrat from the West Coast, will have to eventually answer questions about what she has done and endure any surprise in October or opposition research used to derail Harris’ campaign.
The Hill reported that former Obama strategist Fernand Amandi said, “Kamala Harris’ campaign will face a scandal, crisis, or other unanticipated event at some point.”
He added: “Anyone measuring drapes in the White House should have a reality check.”
In most swing states, Harris and former president Donald Trump are statistically tied. This polling was a source of excitement for Democrats, as Trump had led Joe Biden in similar surveys by double-digits before Biden stepped down.
Tim Hogan, a Democrat strategist, said that “Democrats have every right to be pleased with the Harris-Walz race’s trajectory.” “But anyone who has been politically aware over the past decade, especially Democrats, knows that the terrain can change and events outside our control can change the nature of elections.”
Christy Setzer, the Democrat strategist, said: “We come into this election with a lot of anxiety that no amount of polling can dispel.” “It looks great, but we don’t take anything for granted.”
Other Democrats have warned that not every polling result is positive for Harris’ campaign. Jim Messina said that, in light of the data on undecided voters, there was no reason to be overconfident about this “incredibly tight” election.
He told Dana Perino, Fox News, that the number of undecideds in this election is down to about 5 percent. “And the real question is: Will some of these voters go out and vote?”
Harris is also a newly crowned Democrat candidate, which brings with it a new set of issues. A recent poll revealed that 70% of Democrats and Independents who voted in Biden’s 2020 election are unaware of many of Harris’s radical and controversial positions.
The 2024 elections will likely be decided by undecided independent voters from the working class. Harris’s inability to appeal to the midwestern states as a West Coast political figure does not help Harris. CNN analyst Harry Enten says that Trump is now more popular than in 2016 and 2020.
Enten noted that enthusiasm for Harris among Democrats dropped one point (61%) compared to Biden’s enthusiasm in May (62%) among Democrat voters. Meanwhile, enthusiasm for Trump among Republicans increased by two points between May (58%) and August (60%).
Trump’s approval rating is below the average RealClearPolitics by less than one percentage point. His highest approval rating was in April. Trump’s approval ratings in the FiveThirtyEight Average are also less than one point below his highest approval rating from February.
