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Kamala Harris' approval rating surges as Donald Trump's falls
(www.newsweek.com)
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We were not ignoring that. Everyone I've seen admitting they were wrong, including myself, said they felt no one else would be able to unite the party quickly enough to avoid a chaotic shit show. I still have no idea how Harris pulled it off, but it's awesome to behold.
If this energy and momentum can last until the election I'm certain she can win.
I’ve not really liked Harris since before 2020, but I’ll gladly vote for her if it means keeping Trump away from the Whitehouse for at least another 4 years. I didn’t think she had a chance in hell, but the trend line so far seems good for her.
Turns out, people respond well when their concerns are addressed.
I hope the wave continues! If Biden had bailed earlier i think it would have been harder to sustain. 3 months is still a long time. Would be great if we could hold the election in 2 weeks.
She's still a little too unknown among people who aren't terminally-online. She needs time to break through to people that don't consume daily news and aren't on the internet a whole lot, which is a whole lot of people.
She also needs to make sure her message gets out to them before Trump's framing of her gets to them, since early impressions matter. That last part is our job more than hers though, and fortunately we got a head start of a couple days or so when the Trump campaign was scrambled for a short period there. They're since fixed it and are back on point though. In this case the horse race has become quite literal.
"We're not going back." It's a good line. I thought Biden was alright, all things considered, but he could've never landed that message.
The whole thing feels like actual high risk/high reward 5d chess.
She's not 80+ (with bonus points being under 70) and she not Trump.
Those are the only things most people were wanting out of a candidate at this point. That's how Biden got elected last time and he only barely managed the under-80 requirement.
"Neither" was the top-polling candidate for 2024 when it was between Trump or Biden.. Of Dems and left-leaning voters, Biden's age factored heavily into that sentiment. Call it superficial but that was his "thing" since he took office. Harris solves both of those hang-ups.
Other than that, Harris's name has been plastered on every accomplishment of the current administration in a way that I've not really seen before. It was always the Biden-Harris Administration on the headlines, she had plenty of name recognition already
Oh I agree it had to be Harris. But she wasn't polling well and no one talking about replacing Biden talked about her. I just underestimated everyone.
The only thing keeping people from voting against Trump was the other option was a corpse. People checked out because it was a joke. Apatgetic voters dont answer polls, and a lot of people weren't going to vote that now will. The idea that the party listened to its constituents goes a long way. Even if Kamala isn't ideal (she isn't) she is a step in the right direction.... NOT a corpse. She is hope that maybe the country isn't doomed and she staves off the apathy most of us were feeling. Especially when the argument was "if you don't go vote for the corpse, the incoming facism is your fault!". Now, they did the bare minimum, so do I, I need to vote.