Latest Pew Research national poll is Harris +1, 48/47, with 5% going to the undecideds. Last poll was tied 49-49 but that was pure head-to-head poll.
Safe to say this a terrible national poll for Kamala Harris as RFK actually gets 2% of the vote (Stein and Oliver get 1% each) and that could easily be Trump+RFK supporters parking their votes with him in polls or voters in deep red and blue states knowing they can waste them.
Nevertheless, even a straight Harris +1 national result is below both 538 and RCP averages and under the magic "EC line" for Harris.
Huge gender gap that could easily be women afraid to say they don't support the first potential female president.
But Trump wins Whites by 14, above his own 12-point level in 2020, and does better than before with Black and Hispanic and Asian voters.
4% of Democrats and 4% of Republicans vote for 3rd parties.....which again is terrible news for Kamala Harris because Republicans who choose RFK are far more likely to go to Trump at the ballot box than Democrats who choose Stein or Oliver.
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We have a rematch of a presidential election, which is the first time since 1956. Difference is now incumbency is reversed and the incumbent is even *less* popular and approved of than his incumbent predecessor, who is also getting a positive "look back" as his own term.
In a rematch, here's what's pretty clear:
- Biden 2024 less popular than Trump 2020, in October of 2020, per polls.
- Trump 2017-2021 apparently more approved of today, 2024, than it was in October of 2020.
- Biden 2024 fundraising much less to date than Trump 2020 did.
- Trump 2024 fundraising much, much more to date than Biden 2020 did, though I'll admit that's a terrible comparison.
- Incumbent Biden 2024 primary turnout and share much less *and* worse than Trump 2020 turnout.
- Biden 2020 zero baggage. Trump 2024 has literal trials happening
He's basically just a Krassenstein bro at this point, repeating Occupy Democrats talking points.
Abortions barely increased during Trump's tenure after dropping under Obama.
But also....what? Roe wasn't repealed until 2022. What did Obama do that Trump didn't?
Violent crime "is near its lowest level in 50 years." Does anyone actually believe this? This is just reported crime, no doubt, and based on including things like battery in the statistics. Hence why he can only talk about murders falling in 2023 from 2022's crazy highs.
They also predicted that a massive swing from GDP growth to GDP decline would swing the election to Trump's democratic challenger, so they were right on that account in the mid-pandemic environment.
oops, here's the archived link to the 2019 article
Will Trump Win 2020 Election? These Economic Models Say Yes - Bloomberg ()archive.is