Dems Are Very Unhappy With Kamala According To This

Written By BlabberBuzz | Saturday, 24 July 2021 08:30 AM
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Dems Are Very Unhappy With Kamala According To This

Vice President Kamala Harris has her work cut out for her if she wants to replace President Joe Biden at the White House in four or eight years.

Harris may be Biden's heir apparent, though her unfavorable ratings, even among Biden advocates, are high for a politician wishing to move from Number One Observatory Circle to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

And she has not been supported by her own penchant for public failures.

Harris's average favorability rating hangs around 44%, while her unfavorability rating is 46%, according to polling aggregator RealClearPolitics. Biden's numbers are higher, with an average favorable-unfavorable rating of 52%-43%.

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For example, an Economist/YouGov poll published this week showed Harris's weaknesses with white men, particularly those without a college degree, and white women without a college education.

Although her overall favorable-unfavorable rating was within the margin of error, she was not popular with people older than 45 or those making less than $100,000 annually, Suffolk University Political Research Center Director David Paleologos explained to the Washington Examiner. She further struggled with respondents from the Midwest and independents.

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Nearly 1 in 5 people who supported Biden last fall did not think highly of Harris or did not have an opinion of her, according to a finding that stood out to Paleologos.

"That says that either some 2020 Biden voters thought there was a better pick or they're not convinced that they like her, either for policy reasons or performance reasons," he stated.

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Or some may be Republicans or independents who could not cast a ballot for former President Donald Trump, he explained.

Biden has packed Harris's policy portfolio with politically charged matters, including addressing the "root causes" of illegal immigration as border crossings surged. However, Harris has complicated matters for herself by volunteering to initiate the administration's response to Republicans passing a spate of election integrity laws.

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She has further shown her ability to self-sabotage, laughing off her delayed trip to the border and insisting to have lobbied lawmakers on the matter she had not.

"Biden needs to be more supportive publicly and engaged with Vice President Harris so that he can at least shore up his own voters," Paleologos announced. "Biden is in control of at least that small component of the electorate."

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For Paleologos, the data points aid Harris in identifying regions of improvement. They further guide Republicans toward demographics they can use, he said.

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However, Paleologos thought Harris could mount a White House bid if she invested in Midwest states or independents.

"That's the way candidates use bad news to their advantage, where they can turn lemons into lemonade," he said.

Joel Goldstein, St. Louis University School of Law professor and vice-presidential expert, explained he was not shocked Harris's polling was weaker than Biden's.

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