The campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris is facing new challenges after a controversial photo has leaked online. The picture showed Harris speaking to a crowd of merely 250 people on Friday during a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina. WBTV reported that Harris addressed “a few hundred supporters” who attended the event at Wake Tech Community College. The outlet noted, “Harris’s staff reported that about 250 people were in attendance.”
Rough count from this reporter for those asking: 225 attendees at Harris campaign visit in Raleigh. That includes current and former elected officials spotted. #ncpol pic.twitter.com/cRZLhm9IVh
— Bryan Anderson (@BryanRAnderson) August 16, 2024
Harris, who selected radical leftist Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as her running mate, held the event a few days after her opponent, former President Donald Trump, held a rally in Asheville, North Carolina. According to WBTV, Trump’s rally on Wednesday attracted thousands of supporters.
“Even though Harris tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who served in the national guard, as her running mate, Trump polls stronger with military veterans by 22 points,” Fox News reported this week. “It remains unclear if the stolen valor accusations over whether or not Walz embellished his service for political gain has had any effect on those polls.”
Harris, meanwhile, will have a tough, if not impossible, time separating herself from the unpopular policies of her boss, President Joe Biden. Strong majorities of Americans blame Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election, for outgoing President Biden’s policies, according to polling exclusively obtained by Breitbart News.
The Senate Opportunity Fund surveyed 800 likely voters between July 22 and July 24, inquiring about Democrats’ transition from Biden to Harris. The most intriguing aspect of the findings is the minimal variance in perception among voters regarding the real policy achievements of Harris and Biden. Additionally, the survey breaks down its participants into “contested states,” with a total of 511 likely voters in this category. On a national level, the survey’s margin of error stands at 3.5 percent, while in contested states, it increases to 4.3 percent.
The slide deck containing the remarkable findings from this study was given only to Breitbart News before it was made public, and what follows is definitely going to stir up worry among Democrats who were counting on Harris being their candidate to help their party get back on the right path. It seems the opposite is happening, and Democrats are in a very difficult position following Biden’s withdrawal from the race last month — and Harris isn’t the rescue they had hoped for, said the outlet.
When asked if they agreed or disagreed with this statement — “Kamala Harris’ record is the Biden Administration’s record over the last 4 years” — a staggering majority of 68 percent of respondents agreed. Only 19 percent disagreed, and 13 percent had no opinion or did not know. Similarly, when likely voters were asked if they agreed or disagreed with this statement — “In terms of policy, Kamala Harris is no different than Joe Biden” — a stunning 66 percent agreed, while only 27 percent disagreed.
Breitbart added:
On both questions, majorities across every political demographic — liberal, moderate, and conservative — agreed. Similarly, the contested states’ numbers looked very similar to the national results, which would suggest the slate of polls coming out at the national level showing former President Donald Trump — the Republican presidential nominee in 2024 — leading Harris is not a good sign for the Democrats.
“Several other takeaways in the Senate Opportunity Fund polling are terrible for Democrats. First off, the list of issues respondents said were the most important — they were asked to choose their top three issues — ranks out the top five issues voters see in the 2024 election as inflation, the economy & jobs, immigration, national security, and crime & drugs,” the outlet continued. “Abortion does not come in until the sixth highest issue, and ‘democracy’ is seventh. Guns, climate change, and social justice issues round out the issue set — but this list of issues likely voters ranked as their highest priorities plays heavily to the GOP ticket of Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH).”
Harris’s approval rating is low, with 51% seeing her negatively, 39% very negatively, and 11% somewhat negatively. Only 43% like her. When asked about Biden’s decision to leave the race, 53% thought it was political, while only 38% thought it was patriotic, Breitbart reported.
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