Though the polls are tight less than two weeks before the election, a growing number of Democrats believe Vice President Kamala Harris “will lose,” per a report.
“What’s striking is how our private conversations with Democrats inside and outside her campaign reveal broad concern that little she does, says — or tries — seems to move the needle,” Axios reported.
The report added, “Our reporting simply reflects scores of conversations with people close to Harris and intimately involved in swing-state races, including officials inside her campaign and top Biden administration officials.”
The outlet also wrote, “Top Democrats are already starting to point fingers at who’d be more responsible for a Harris loss — President Biden for dragging his feet, or Harris herself.”
Top Democrats talked to the outlet in private. One Democratic official texted, “Going down?”
“Democrats fear she has made too many different cases against Trump, and still hasn’t fully revealed herself to voters, who crave to know more,” Axios reported.
A longtime Democratic strategist said, “She is who she is. Let’s hope it’s enough.”
As Axios wrote:
“A common gripe among high-level Dems is that Harris does a nice job explaining why people shouldn’t vote for Trump — but struggles to crisply explain why they should vote for her. In other words, she’s a strong prosecutor — but struggles as a public defender.”
In contract, per the outlet, “Top Republicans, in private conversations, seem shockingly confident, given the consistent 50-50 polls. They talk in granular detail about White House jobs, and discuss policy playbooks for ’25.”
