Harris Outdoes Biden in 2 State Polls but Has Her Own Weaknesses

The New York Times | Yahoo ^ | July 15, 2024 | By Nate Cohn

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Five years ago, Joe Biden was the “electability” candidate — the well-liked, moderate Democrat who promised to beat Donald Trump and had the poll numbers to back it up.

The polls don’t back up Biden’s electability case anymore. In the latest New York Times/Siena College polls on Monday, he trails by 3 percentage points among likely voters in must-win Pennsylvania, while he leads by a mere 3 points in Virginia — a state he carried by 10 points four years ago.

Not only does Biden trail Trump, but he also fares worse than Vice President Kamala Harris, the only other Democrat tested in the poll. She ran about 2 points ahead of Biden, trailing by 1 point in Pennsylvania while leading by 5 points in Virginia.

A 2-point edge for Harris over Biden isn’t much, but she’s polled ahead of him in Times/Siena polling before. She outran Biden in Times/Siena polling of six battleground states last November, as a sliver of young and nonwhite voters backed the vice president but not Biden. That’s the source of her relative advantage again.

Before going further, there’s one big caveat: Harris is not currently a candidate for president.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Just before a gunman fired at Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally Saturday, we concluded a new set of New York Times/Siena College polls of Pennsylvania and Virginia. While the polls were completed before the shooting, they still offer context about the state of the race.

[webheart]

Please Joe step aside and give Kamala the historic title of First Woman President so we can get it over with. As long as Hillary Clinton lives she thinks she’s going to be the one.

[mass55th]

If Joe got down on his hands and knees and gave everybody B.J.’s, he’d take those two states from her.

[Veto!]

Thanks for the laugh.

But if he were on his hands and knees, it would be because he fell. Again..