Kamala Harris is changing its campaign strategy to win over more men and Republicans and intensifying its attacks on Donald Trump as Democrats’ concerns grow due to polls showing that their rival and former president is making strong gains.
The Democratic candidate appears to be tied statistically in the key swing states, while the former Republican president is sharply closing the gap on Harris, according to public and internal polls cited by Democratic sources.
“We knew it would be a difficult race…” commented senior advisers to the Democratic campaign, in a strange moment for a campaign that began with enormous enthusiasm when Harris, in July, took over from Joe Biden for the presidential nomination, in which she then organized a commemorative party conference and was widely recognized as the winner of the only debate ever (and that will be) with Trump.
“promoter”
After weeks of focusing on politics and trying to define herself on the national stage, Harris is returning to her “prosecutor” image, an adviser said, hoping to show strength to voters who may be attracted to the strongman image she promotes. .
At Monday night’s rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, he took the rare step of showing excerpts of Trump’s comments about an “enemy within” the United States to emphasize that he poses a danger to the country.
Additionally, in a radio interview on comedian Charlamagne’s hit show Tha God, he denounced misinformation spread by the Trump team about black voters and promised that as president he would work to decriminalize marijuana, keeping in mind the polls of public opinion that seem to have less repercussion. with black people and young people than Biden did in 2020.
When you listen to Donald Trump’s speech, it becomes increasingly clear: he has no idea what he’s talking about when it comes to women’s health care. pic.twitter.com/riFNMgZXNb
-Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 18, 2024
Inside the statistical error
Nationally, Harris appears to be comfortably winning over suburban and middle-class voters, but internal polls by her team show the differences are within the margin of error in each of the seven swing states that will decide the winner, two Reuters sources said. with knowledge of the matter, who wished to remain anonymous.
With plenty of money still in their coffers, Democrats plan to maintain an aggressive campaign in these seven so-called “battleground” states and spend heavily on digital and TV ads as Harris continues to make public appearances for them.
The Obama couple in battle
Now it seems that the time has come for the popular Obamas. Kamala Harris will campaign for the first time with Barak and Michelle Obama at separate events next week, hoping to lend a little…stardom in the home stretch to Election Day in November.
The former president and his wife remain extremely popular with the Democratic base and are expected to be effective in the final stretch of a campaign that depends on turning out loyal Democrats in states where the margins of victory are narrow.
Michelle Obama will campaign for the first time, appearing with Harris on Saturday, October 26, in Michigan. In the former first lady’s speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago earlier this year, which pulled no punches, she accused Trump of taking risks to come to power.
Barack Obama will campaign with Harris next Thursday in Georgia. He’s been making his way through the swing states, with a solo event recently in Pittsburgh and others in the coming days in Tucson, Las Vegas, Detroit and Madison.
Some believe the former president helped knock President Joe Biden out of the race after Democratic concerns about the 81-year-old leader’s age and abilities grew following the June debate with Trump.