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Peacetrain

(23,581 posts)
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 03:57 PM 11 hrs ago

Kamala Harris Just Got Some Great News

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kamala-harris-just-got-some-great-news/ar-AA1sEY16

Vice President Kamala Harris may have better odds in the presidential election than previously predicted.

A poll published Monday by the Associated Press and the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago suggests that Harris has more than a marginal lead in favorability over the Republican presidential nominee, but is actually surging by double digits.


The nationwide poll, conducted last week, found Harris’s favorability to be significantly higher than Trump’s, with 51 percent of registered voters viewing Harris as a favorable candidate compared to just 40 percent who felt the same about Trump. Independent voters, notably, were equally split on their opinions of Harris, while the majority of independent voters—58 percent—felt negatively about Trump.

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Kamala Harris Just Got Some Great News (Original Post) Peacetrain 11 hrs ago OP
That sounds good Mad_Machine76 11 hrs ago #1
Because its the Hill .... Peacetrain 11 hrs ago #2
Is that a RW/Republican-leaning source? Mad_Machine76 10 hrs ago #5
They used to be straight ahead down the middle. AllyCat 10 hrs ago #9
Yep,just like the old grey lady,the NYT and the Hill BattleRow 9 hrs ago #15
They've been right leaning for quite awhile now - have been for at least several election cycles Wiz Imp 8 hrs ago #23
Sure whizzed right by me. Should have paid closer attention. AllyCat 5 hrs ago #31
I think it was a little more subtle at first Wiz Imp 4 hrs ago #33
Yes. nt. druidity33 10 hrs ago #12
The Hill has gone completely MAGA now. LiberalLovinLug 8 hrs ago #20
The hill is reliably GOP Klarkashton 7 hrs ago #27
Ignore junk news from right leaning sites BluenFLA 11 hrs ago #3
Give it a week dweller 10 hrs ago #4
If Ratings are Down, Then the Race Gets Tighter NonPC 10 hrs ago #7
Im not at all surprised about Harris. Trump should be higher on his OLDMDDEM 10 hrs ago #6
Truth be known ..he probably is! PortTack 10 hrs ago #10
I agree. OLDMDDEM 10 hrs ago #11
I read this and all I can think is how in the hell can only 58% of Independents feel negatively about Trump Native 10 hrs ago #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Shermann 8 hrs ago #17
I registered as an independent when I turned 18, but Trump pushed me over the edge and I changed my party affiliation Native 8 hrs ago #18
I guess I'm thinking of "undecided" voters and not "independent" voters. Shermann 8 hrs ago #21
Perfection. Native 8 hrs ago #22
Keep in mind, many "Independents" are actually really Republicans most of which don't think the party is far Wiz Imp 8 hrs ago #24
This assumes registered voters actually vote. progressoid 9 hrs ago #13
Nationwide polls means nothing. Ms. Toad 9 hrs ago #14
I'd find it extremely difficult to believe after 2016 election results that any democrat would chance not voting after Jmb 4 Harris-Walz 7 hrs ago #25
I found it hard to believe it as it was happening in 2016. Ms. Toad 5 hrs ago #29
That is from registered voters..... Butterflylady 9 hrs ago #16
New voters and anti Trump voters had better be registered voters Mariana 5 hrs ago #30
58% of independent voters feel negatively about Trump? Sounds familiar: Rocknation 8 hrs ago #19
The 40% favorable rating for Trump makes much more sense than many of the voter polls which show him in the high 40's Wiz Imp 7 hrs ago #26
oh yeah et tu 6 hrs ago #28
It all depends on where the voters are residentcynic 4 hrs ago #32
Have you called, texted, or DM'd everyone you've ever known Akakoji 2 hrs ago #34

Mad_Machine76

(24,759 posts)
1. That sounds good
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:00 PM
11 hrs ago

But why am I getting a news alert from the Hill that Trump overtakes Harris in Decision Desk HQ/The Hill Election Forecast?

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4943975-trump-harris-election-forecast-shift/

Grrr...this election is working my last nerve.

AllyCat

(16,894 posts)
9. They used to be straight ahead down the middle.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:55 PM
10 hrs ago

This election, they seem to have taken a page out of the NYT playbook of bothsideserism

Wiz Imp

(1,106 posts)
23. They've been right leaning for quite awhile now - have been for at least several election cycles
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 07:20 PM
8 hrs ago

Wiz Imp

(1,106 posts)
33. I think it was a little more subtle at first
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:53 PM
4 hrs ago

They've definitely drifted further right more and more as time has gone on.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,349 posts)
20. The Hill has gone completely MAGA now.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 07:06 PM
8 hrs ago

At least the YouTube channel.
Used to have Krystal Ball, who's decidedly left, on with a moderate Republican.

Now its unwatchable. Full throated MAGA.

dweller

(24,657 posts)
4. Give it a week
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:32 PM
10 hrs ago

The MSM will hammer it back to a horse race …
And I’m wary news like this will create overconfidence and some may not vote 😐



✌🏻

NonPC

(399 posts)
7. If Ratings are Down, Then the Race Gets Tighter
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:40 PM
10 hrs ago

That's how the "news" networks work anymore. Actual facts and truths are so old fashioned.

Native

(6,234 posts)
8. I read this and all I can think is how in the hell can only 58% of Independents feel negatively about Trump
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 04:46 PM
10 hrs ago

Response to Native (Reply #8)

Native

(6,234 posts)
18. I registered as an independent when I turned 18, but Trump pushed me over the edge and I changed my party affiliation
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 06:39 PM
8 hrs ago

I hate being pigeonholed into any kind of category. Last thing I've ever been at any point in my life is a low information voter. And every independent I've met in my life has been intelligent and pro-democracy. IOW, they never voted for Trump and have been disgusted by him since day 1. This is why I have a hard time believing this.

Shermann

(8,489 posts)
21. I guess I'm thinking of "undecided" voters and not "independent" voters.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 07:13 PM
8 hrs ago

You'd have to be low information to be undecided in 2024. How's that instead?

Wiz Imp

(1,106 posts)
24. Keep in mind, many "Independents" are actually really Republicans most of which don't think the party is far
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 07:24 PM
8 hrs ago

enough to the right

Ms. Toad

(35,298 posts)
14. Nationwide polls means nothing.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 05:39 PM
9 hrs ago

All that matters is who wins the swing states.

They might actually be harmful, to the extent they encourage voters to think it might be okay to skip voting.

Jmb 4 Harris-Walz

(619 posts)
25. I'd find it extremely difficult to believe after 2016 election results that any democrat would chance not voting after
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 07:26 PM
7 hrs ago

all the up and down polls.

Ms. Toad

(35,298 posts)
29. I found it hard to believe it as it was happening in 2016.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 09:26 PM
5 hrs ago

Yet it did. Sometimes we are our own worst enemies.

Rocknation

(44,809 posts)
19. 58% of independent voters feel negatively about Trump? Sounds familiar:
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 06:40 PM
8 hrs ago


Most independents also felt negatively about Romeny -- and you see how well that worked out.


Rocknation

Wiz Imp

(1,106 posts)
26. The 40% favorable rating for Trump makes much more sense than many of the voter polls which show him in the high 40's
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 07:28 PM
7 hrs ago

If a (national) poll of voters shows Trump's favorability rating at the mid 40's or higher, I have a hard time believing the other results because that's an indicator that they have oversampled Trump supporters.

residentcynic

(40 posts)
32. It all depends on where the voters are
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:49 PM
4 hrs ago

Democrats can win the popular vote and still easily lose the election. Sad but true. Take nothing for granted.

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