For sure.4th and Inches said:lets watch the polls.. seen two start to swing back towards Trump so far.sombear said:It's not complicated.Jack Bauer said:Yes, she is essentially 'in charge' as Joe Biden is pretty much in the retirement home.Redbrickbear said:She’s effectively the incumbent running against her own economy https://t.co/h43TzdAGXz
— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) August 9, 2024
Anything/anyone normal beats Trump.
Kamala is not normal.
But voters think she is.
No reason to rock that boat.
But the Harris kick-off has gone far better than she expected and far worse than Trump expected.
Until there is a clear shift back to Trump (state more than national) Harris will not change her approach. Harris and her team know that, if they win, it will be ultra-close. On the other hand, she could lose big.
The longer Trump focuses on issues that don't matter to most people, the more unlikely the strong shift back to him. His own campaign and polling teams and his own family (except one of his sons) are telling him this. So far, he hasn't listened.
In the plainest terms: Voters know Trump dodged military service and has a history of poor character. That is built in. Nothing Harris or Walz have done will change that, and voters that count will never see Trump as a better person. They just won't, and that's from his own pollsters.
Trump has one advantage, and it is the most significant one: Policy.