The Harris campaign believes they are far ahead of Trump. The truth is very different.
And Kamala Harris will be blown away by how she’s actually losing the election to Donald Trump.
The national surveys are proclaiming that Kamala Harris is in the driver’s seat of the Presidential election right now. The RealClearPolling average suggests that Kamala Harris is 2-3 points ahead of Donald Trump nationally. That doesn’t tell the whole story, though.
Vice President Kamala Harris Faces Challenges with Young Voters, According to CNN Analysis
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten recently presented an analysis showing that Vice President Kamala Harris is struggling to gain support among young voters compared to past Democratic presidential nominees.
Enten highlighted that Harris’s campaign will likely welcome pop singer Taylor Swift’s endorsement, as the vice president’s support among voters aged 18-29 is only 15 points higher than Republican nominee Donald Trump. This margin is significantly lower than President Joe Biden’s 28-point lead in the same demographic during the 2020 election.
“Let’s just point out something that I’ve been noting all along throughout this campaign, and that is the underperformance that both Joe Biden and now even Kamala Harris has among young voters,” Enten stated.
The data reporter also noted that Democrats still maintain a lead over Republicans in active registered voters in swing states. However, this advantage has diminished considerably since September 2020. For instance, in Pennsylvania, the Democratic lead dropped from 559,000 to 169,000, while in North Carolina, it fell from 415,000 to 128,000.
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Enten attributed these shifts to Republican efforts in voter registration and persuasion, saying, “Republicans have been doing a significantly better job of registering voters than Democrats have been doing over the last 4 years, and getting folks to switch over from Democratic registration to Republican registration.”
The analysis also touched on the potential impact of Taylor Swift’s recent endorsement and call for voter registration. Enten reported that 337,826 users had clicked on Swift’s Instagram post link to Vote.Gov as of Wednesday afternoon, potentially introducing new voters to the electorate.
Concluding his analysis, Enten emphasized the importance of every vote in this close election, stating, “Democrats will take any of the help, because the bottomline is this election is so close, any small impact could be all the impact.”
Donald Trump’s Rise In Support From Young Men
A recent Survey Center on American Life study found that upwards of 45 percent of young men in America aged 18-25 feel as though they are facing discrimination because of their gender of being a man.
The Democrat Party, for its part, has not been trying to make any room in its Party for young men at all. With its radical far-Left positions on feminism and abortion, young men, especially young white men, are increasingly being intentionally left behind by half of the political equation in America.
Donald Trump, on the other hand, is welcoming these disaffected young men with open arms. The discrepancy in polling between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with young men is widening, with Donald Trump capturing a 10-20 point lead (depending on who you ask) over Harris with the critical youth vote who are male.
Former President Trump has also been working around the clock to reach young men where they are by making appearances with popular independent outlets and podcasts, including making appearances with Theo Von, Lex Fridman, and Logan Paul.
Kamala Harris, on the other hand, has made no effort to connect with young voters of either gender. She’s only made one appearance for a softball interview with CNN, that was cut up and edited. There’s no doubt this is hurting her polling with young voters given she refuses to step out of her comfort zone.
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