MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki Breaks Down Kamala Harris’ Decline In Popularity As Election Day Approaches

MSNBC national political correspondent Steve Kornacki broke down Vice President Kamala Harris’ declining momentum in recent polling ahead of the 2024 election during a Monday segment.

Harris’ reputation among voters dropped to 43% positive in October, a 5-point drop from where she stood in September, Kornacki said. The vice president’s negative rating jumped from 45% in September to 49% in October after she spent the month doing a mediablitz with several friendly outlets.

“The shift is here, it’s with Harris, 43% positive, 49% negative,” Kornacki said. “When we took that last poll a month ago, she was actually above water. She had a 48% positive rating and a 45% negative rating. There was a clear advantage for her a month ago on basic image, basic likability, basic perception over Donald Trump. That advantage, in our poll at least, has gone away in a month for her,” Kornacki said.

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Republican nominee Donald Trump received a 43% positivity rating and a 51% negativity rating, which Kornacki said was about the usual rating seen for the former president in polling. He noted that the positive rating is a “tick higher” than usual.

The poll shows Trump and Harris are currently tied 48% to 48%, indicating a decline for Harris who previously led 49% to 44% in September, Kornacki said. The previous poll finding Harris in the lead was conducted in the wake of the presidential debate held on Sept. 10.

“Back then, our poll had Harris up by 5, now a tie. Just in terms to refresh people of what happened since we took our last poll, this poll was conducted just in the wake of that Trump-Harris debate, what’s happened since, obviously there’s been a vice presidential debate, there’s been campaign events, Harris has done a number of interviews,” Kornacki said.