There’s less than two months until the presidential election. And the Harris campaign is starting to hit the panic button.
As Democrats are shellshocked after devastating election news emerges out of this swing state.
On election day, American voters will be keeping an eye on several key swing states that could end up deciding who will win the presidency this year.
Among those states, is North Carolina, which has been carried by former President Donald Trump in the past two presidential elections. However, after Vice President Kamala Harris took over as the Democratic nominee, polls were indicating that she may have a chance to win the state this election.
But now, the latest polling is showing that the door may be quickly closing on Harris’s chances to flip North Carolina blue.
Harris Losing Crucial Momentum In Swing Sate of North Carolina
The early enthusiasm for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in battleground North Carolina is waning, according to recent polling data.
As former President Donald Trump made a high-profile stop in Charlotte on Friday to address the National Fraternal Order of Police, the latest polling results showed a competitive race, with no significant signs of him falling behind. This comes after the last significant polling, a Morning Consult poll sponsored by Bloomberg, which was conducted just after the Democratic National Convention.
Next week, Trump will face off with Harris in a highly anticipated debate in Philadelphia, their first and only scheduled debate before Election Day, now less than two months away. The debate could prove crucial for both candidates as they jockey for momentum heading into the final stretch of the campaign.
Trump’s campaign has managed to gain financial traction thanks to legal battles in various states, including New York, Florida, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. Of these, only the New York case has led to a conviction, with sentencing postponed until after the election.
Meanwhile, the Florida documents case has been dismissed, the Georgia case has been bogged down by allegations of misconduct, and a legal immunity decision has stalled the Washington case.
For her part, Harris has had to navigate the tricky waters of recasting herself as a challenger rather than an incumbent from the Biden administration.
Entering the race just 107 days before the November 5 election, Harris has walked a fine line between supporting Democratic policies and addressing the economic challenges voters face, such as inflation, which has more than doubled since she took office as vice president, and a significant increase in everyday prices.
Adding to Harris’s challenges are her past comments on Trump’s border wall—she called it “a waste of taxpayer money”—coupled with President Joe Biden’s wave of executive orders on immigration early in his presidency.
In North Carolina, the race remains extremely close. While Trump holds a modest lead in recent polls, the margin of error keeps the outcome uncertain.
In four separate polls conducted since Harris held a 49%-47% lead in the Bloomberg survey of 700 registered voters taken August 23-26 (with a margin of error of +/- 4%), Trump has led by small margins. A Fox News poll of 999 registered voters during the same period showed Trump ahead 50%-49%, with a margin of error of +/- 3%.
Two additional polls, conducted by The Hill and Emerson College (August 25-28) and Insider Advantage (August 29-31), both polled likely voters and showed Trump leading 49%-48%, each with a margin of error of +/- 3.5%. The most recent East Carolina University poll released this week reported Trump leading 48%-47%, with a margin of error of +/- 3%.
However, Harris also had a few leads in August polling. A New York Times/Siena College poll from August 9-14, which surveyed 655 likely voters, showed her leading 49%-47%. No margin of error was provided for that poll. Meanwhile, a High Point University poll conducted from August 19-21 of 1,053 registered voters showed Harris leading 46%-45%, with a margin of error of +/- 4%.
North Carolina has leaned Republican in most recent presidential elections. In 14 cycles dating back to Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 win, only two Democrats—Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Barack Obama in 2008—have carried the state. Neither was able to replicate that success four years later.
As Election Day approaches, the fight for North Carolina’s electoral votes remains a key battleground. If Kamala Harris loses the state, then she and her campaign could be in for a long night on election day.
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