Harris support fades at critical stage

The Hill ^ | September 19, 2019 | Julia Manchester

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Sen. Kamala Harris's (D-Calif.) support in polls is showing signs of fading, in the latest sign that her presidential bid is losing momentum after a knockout performance in the first Democratic debate.

An NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll this week showed Harris’s support at 5 percent, down 8 points from the last one in July, well behind the top three contenders: former Vice President Joe Biden and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

Perhaps more ominously for Harris, she took fifth place in an Emerson College poll surveying her home state of California on Tuesday, trailing Biden, Warren and Sanders, as well as tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang.

There are concerning signs for Harris in early contest states as well.

A poll conducted by the Democratic group Focus on Rural America showed Harris trailing a number of 2020 hopefuls, including South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), clocking in at 5 percent support.

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I don't think she was ever really in the race. A lot of people thought she was "the one" before it started, but the reality was that she didn't excite anybody.

Scott Walker was supposed to be a GOP frontrunner in 2016, but by the time the campaign started, he faded and was one of the first to drop out.