MSNBC national political correspondent Steve Kornacki broke down Vice President Kamala Harrisâ declining momentum in recent polling ahead of the 2024 election during a Monday segment.
Harrisâ reputation among voters dropped to 43% positive in October, a 5-point drop from where she stood in September, Kornacki said. The vice presidentâs negative rating jumped from 45% in September to 49% in October after she spent the month doing a mediablitz with several friendly outlets.
âThe shift is here, itâs with Harris, 43% positive, 49% negative,â Kornacki said. âWhen 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,â 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 âtick higherâ 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.
âBack 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, whatâs happened since, obviously thereâs been a vice presidential debate, thereâs been campaign events, Harris has done a number of interviews,â Kornacki said.
The poll found Trumpâs retrospective approval rating faring better than President Joe Bidenâs by 5 points, indicating that Harris is from an unpopular administration.
âI think Harris is weighted down by being part of an unpopular administration. Joe Bidenâs approval rating in our poll sits at 43% and to put this in perspective, we also checked the retrospective job approval rating for Donald Trump, asking voters right now thinking back to Trumpâs presidency, do you approve or disapprove of the job he did,â Kornacki said. âA 48% approval rating for Trump retrospectively, notably, that is better than Trump ever did in our poll when he was actually president. So Trump perhaps benefiting from a little bit of a warming of attitudes towards his presidency after the fact and again, thatâs 5 points better than Bidenâs current approval rating in our poll.â
Harris, who joined the top of the ticket in mid-July, pulledahead of Trump for several weeks while she refused to participate in a sit-down interview or hold a press conference. Harrisâ momentum had seeminglyfallen in September and October, leaving the race at a deadlock tie.
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