Kamala Harris

The American Prospect -  A new polling survey commissioned by More Perfect Union and provided exclusively to the Prospect finds that the populist messaging Harris has leaned into is good politics. The main issue identified by the study is that, while voters almost universally endorse challenging corporate power, very few voters credit the Biden-Harris administration for what they’ve done in this area, because most don’t know about those policies at all...

Consistent with other polling, voters see the economy and specifically inflation as a top issue. Fifty-six percent of voters report groceries as the hardest basic good to afford, followed by health care (51 percent) and gas prices (48 percent). What’s novel about the polling though is that the survey digs deeper into what voters attribute as the source of these problems, and how they would prefer the government to fix them.

The most notable finding is that when provided with a set of options, 61 percent of the polling respondents, including two-thirds of Democrats and 63 percent of independents, selected corporate greed as the main cause for rising costs they’re experiencing. The second-highest is government spending at 51 percent—an explanation certainly favored by Republicans—and behind that is the pandemic supply chain crunch at 46 percent.

NBC News -  Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz’s efforts to win over voters in key battleground states continues today with a bus tour through Georgia, culminating in a solo Harris rally tomorrow in Savannah. Also happening tomorrow: A joint interview with Harris and Walz on CNN — Harris’ first since she became her party’s nominee for president. President Joe Biden won the state in 2020 by fewer than 12,000 votes. Now, it’s up to Harris to prove whether that was a fluke or whether Democrats can keep voters’ support at the highest level. Many Dems in the state are hopeful but recognize an intense battle is ahead. 

Already, there are a few things going for Harris. She’s a better demographic fit; Georgia has the highest proportion of Black voters of any presidential battleground. The state also has a younger electorate, and Harris appears to be more popular among them than Biden was.  But Donald Trump’s team is watching closely. They also see Georgia as a key part of the former president’s path back to the White House.

To win, Harris will need to boost voter turnout in deep-blue Atlanta, woo suburban voters and attempt to close the margin of defeat in red rural areas. For Trump to win, he’ll need to stay focused on policy instead of attacking his opponents, the Gwinnett County Republican Party chairman said. Trump rarely takes that advice.  MORE