New York Times: Kamala Harris Is the Least ‘Electable’ Democrat:
Vice President Kamala Harris is the least “electable” among potential Democrats to replace President Joe Biden atop the 2024 ticket, top writers of the New York Times found Monday.
The report underscores Democrats’ lack of a democratic process to select a new de facto nominee — all while nullifying about 14 million votes that were cast for Biden during the Democrat primary.
Many believe the decision to replace Biden amounted to a “coup.” Biden stepped aside on Sunday after top Democrats threatened him with invoking the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to force him out, sources told the New York Post on Monday.
The Times analysis found Harris was the “most risky” and least viable candidate, while Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), in contrast, would be the most likely to beat former President Donald Trump.
It ranked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) as the most “exciting” candidate and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) as the most “Meh” options.
Govs. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Wes Moore (D-MD), and Andy Beshear (D-KY) and Sens. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) are somewhere in the middle.
The Times‘ analysis scored potential candidates on two dimensions: --->READ MORE HERE
July Polls: Trump Crushes Harris in 13 National Surveys:
Former President Donald Trump leads Vice President Kamala Harris in 13 national polls published in the month of July.
The surveys indicate Harris might not have any better chance of defeating Trump than President Joe Biden did. Harris’s favorability rating is one point less than Biden’s, RealClearPolitics polling average found.
Harris will be an easier candidate to defeat in November than Biden, Trump said Sunday after Biden dropped out as the Democrat’s de facto nominee.
The 13 polls also contradicts polling from former pollster for President Barack Obama, Fernand Amandi, who published an internal survey on July 9 that found Harris led Trump by one point.
Obama, who appeared to play a significant role behind the scenes in Biden’s decision to step aside, did not question the validity of Biden’s candidacy until Wednesday in a Washington Post leak.
The leak immediately followed reports House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told the president in private to step aside.
The timing of the leak indicates an organized effort by Democrat leaders to sway Biden to drop out after weeks of chaos within the party amid continued media scrutiny on Biden’s political viability. “The idea here is that Obama, Pelosi, Jeffries, and Schumer do not want to be seen as back-room party bosses engineering a Harris coronation,” Playbook reported. “And if there’s a real challenge then they want to be able to unite the party again when there’s a nominee.”
The 13 polls are below: --->READ MORE HERE
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