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Kamala Harris Suffers Major Polling Blow
Newsweek ^ | July 17, 2024 | Jordan King

Posted on 07/18/2024 9:01:46 AM PDT by Momaw Nadon

Kamala Harris has suffered a blow in a poll that looked at how alternative Democratic candidates would do in swing states.

There have been calls for U.S. President Joe Biden to be replaced as the Democratic candidate since the world watched his poor performance in his debate with Donald Trump on June 27. Many have assumed the vice president would be the obvious choice, but a new poll shows she doesn't fare as well as others, and she wasn't among the four who performed best.

Analytics company BlueLabs carried out research to determine who would increase the number of people voting for the Democrats in seven battleground states – Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia. It interviewed more than 15,000 voters across the states from July 5-12.

The results, published in a draft by Politico on Tuesday, showed all of the alternative candidates ahead of Biden, including Harris. The four who performed best, outpacing Biden by roughly 5 points, were U.S. Senator Mark Kelly from Arizona, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Those who participated in the poll were randomly assigned 11 options for president, including Biden, and given arguments in support of those potential candidates – to "mimic their likely campaign argument."

Newsweek has contacted BlueLabs to ask for the study's margin of error. It also contacted Harris via email for comment.

On average, alternative Democratic candidates were ahead of Biden by 3 points – although Harris' results were lower than that.

"Voters are looking for a fresh face," the study said in its findings. "Those more closely tied to the current administration perform relatively worse than other tested candidates."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Georgia; US: Maryland; US: Michigan; US: Nevada; US: North Carolina; US: Pennsylvania; US: Wisconsin
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1 posted on 07/18/2024 9:01:46 AM PDT by Momaw Nadon
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To: Momaw Nadon

Phrasing!


2 posted on 07/18/2024 9:03:07 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump Triumphant !)
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To: Momaw Nadon

Not to worry. The media lie-machine will take care of things. Guaranteed.
No lowest limit for our logic and IQ challenged journalism and studies majors.


3 posted on 07/18/2024 9:03:17 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Momaw Nadon

Kamala and the word “blow” shouldn’t be allowed to be used together in a sentence.


4 posted on 07/18/2024 9:03:31 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Sirius Lee

Someone’s mind is in the gutter but it’s not mine. I would not write that kind of headline.


5 posted on 07/18/2024 9:05:25 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: Sirius Lee

“ Phrasing”

No kidding…everyone knows Kamala gives blows, she doesn’t suffer them.


6 posted on 07/18/2024 9:05:57 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (We have not yet achieved peak crazy)
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To: mass55th; thinden; RitaOK

And the MockingbirdMedia knows this.

The media is turning on Harris, too.

Big Myke might have better polls among the ghettopotami.


7 posted on 07/18/2024 9:06:38 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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To: mass55th

“ Kamala and the word “blow” shouldn’t be allowed to be used together in a sentence.”

…nor should the word “pole”


8 posted on 07/18/2024 9:06:54 AM PDT by albie
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To: Momaw Nadon

Harris Whitmer

Two women against two men.

The media will play this up and the polls will tighten enough for the cheat to carry them across the finish line.


9 posted on 07/18/2024 9:06:59 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: Momaw Nadon
Kamala Harris has suffered a blow


10 posted on 07/18/2024 9:07:27 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If you are upset the bullet missed, contact me immediately. I'll make sure your bullet doesn't.)
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To: Momaw Nadon

This is the first time I’ve heard Mark Kelly being discussed as a replacement candidate (though I really haven’t been paying much attention to the topic). That toad would be worse than any of the others, IMO.


11 posted on 07/18/2024 9:07:52 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Momaw Nadon

Perhaps if she cackled more?


12 posted on 07/18/2024 9:08:05 AM PDT by albie
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To: Momaw Nadon

I see what they did, there.


13 posted on 07/18/2024 9:08:49 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: mass55th

we think alike


14 posted on 07/18/2024 9:09:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Momaw Nadon

Yeah because everybody is familiar with Mark Kelly (who?). Shapiro will do really well in Michigan. Are they nuts?


15 posted on 07/18/2024 9:09:23 AM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore…)
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To: Erik Latranyi

True enough.

And Whitmer could help Democrats carry Michigan, considering she was elected governor twice there, thst could make a difference for a Harris Whitmer ticket in that state.


16 posted on 07/18/2024 9:09:36 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (")
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To: Momaw Nadon

I can’t believe they put Kamala Harris and blow in the same article...


17 posted on 07/18/2024 9:09:46 AM PDT by stylin19a (Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?)
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To: Momaw Nadon

I think Hillary will come out from ‘left field’ and be branded the savior of the Dem party.

No one likes or trusts kamala.

MO is well known to despise this country.

Plus Hillary is far more popular (although she shouldn’t be) than kamala or me-shell.


18 posted on 07/18/2024 9:10:49 AM PDT by Thorium90
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To: Momaw Nadon

Wes Moore could be a contender.


19 posted on 07/18/2024 9:11:33 AM PDT by Calvin Cooledge
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To: Momaw Nadon

If the Dems put up a Wes Moore type - the media would go apoplectic with the support for a “new face”....add the fraud and it will be close. The messaging should start now that the policies of “America last” will remain regardless of the Dem candidate.


20 posted on 07/18/2024 9:12:08 AM PDT by Tadhg
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