{"id":4716,"date":"2024-11-05T00:14:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T00:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=4716"},"modified":"2024-11-05T00:15:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T00:15:07","slug":"harris-shedding-key-voters-in-battleground-pennsylvania-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=4716","title":{"rendered":"Harris Shedding Key Voters In Battleground Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

While most polling shows a tight race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, the vice president appears to be bleeding voters from a key demographic.<\/p>\n

The poll conducted by a bipartisan team for AARP and first shared<\/a> with the outlet shows that Harris is leading with 49 percent of likely voters, compared to 47 percent for Trump and 2 percent for other candidates. Additionally, 3 percent of respondents remain undecided.<\/p>\n

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The survey, conducted from September 17 to 24 via landline, cell phone, and text-to-web, is the first AARP has carried out in the state since President Joe Biden withdrew from the race.<\/p>\n

In an April survey, Biden was down 5 percentage points overall. Among voters aged 18 to 49, he was trailing by 1 point; now, Harris is leading by 14. He was losing independents by 6 points, while she is now winning them by 9. Additionally, she is outperforming Biden among Democrats, women, suburban voters, rural voters, and even those without a college degree.<\/p>\n

However, the survey found that Harris is losing among voters aged 65 and older by 7 points.<\/p>\n

\u201cHarris\u2019 biggest weakness is older voters. It is the biggest share of the electorate, and she is behind,\u201d said Republican pollster Bob Ward, whose firm, Fabrizio Ward, took part in conducting the survey.<\/p>\n

The economy appears to be a significant factor in why older voters favor Trump over Harris. Among voters aged 50 and up who prioritize inflation and high prices as key issues, Trump holds a 54-point lead.<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Liszt, a Democratic pollster whose firm Impact Research collaborated with Ward\u2019s on the AARP survey, noted that Harris\u2019 biggest challenge is that Trump\u2019s retrospective job approval rating is higher than hers. And \u201ca big piece of that is the economy,\u201d he told POLITICO.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a core strength of Donald Trump\u2019s that he\u2019s got this branding around being a businessman and having been on \u2018The Apprentice,\u2019\u201d said Liszt, whose firm polls for VP Harris\u2019 campaign. \u201cWhen you look back at the job that people think that he did, his job rating is better than hers. And again, that\u2019s her core vulnerability and his core strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fifty percent of likely voters approve of Trump\u2019s job performance as president, while 49 percent disapprove. In contrast, 45 percent approve of Harris\u2019s performance as vice president, and 52 percent disapprove. Liszt pointed out that this is contrary to their personal popularity, with Trump underwater by 7 percentage points compared to Harris, who is only 3 points underwater.<\/p>\n

Liszt noted that Trump\u2019s challenges include Harris\u2019s strong performance among independents and her consolidation of younger voters and older Black voters\u2014two traditionally Democratic voting blocs that had been skeptical of Biden\u2019s candidacy. Meanwhile, Ward said that if Trump \u201ccould expand his margins among older voters, particularly older women, he\u2019s got a good chance to pull ahead in this race.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, left-wing media figures and outlets panned<\/a> Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz\u2019s debate performance against Sen. JD Vance following the CBS-moderated event Tuesday evening, giving Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 running mate low marks across the board.<\/p>\n

CNN\u2019s Abby Phillips, Dana Bash, and Jake Tapper, notably, were all critical of Walz, with each of them alternately opining that he appeared to either lack debate prep or had far too much of it and was not quick enough on his feet to counter Vance\u2019s many jabs at Harris.<\/p>\n

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At one point during post-debate analysis, Tapper even claimed that Vance is a \u201cmuch more experienced\u201d debater, a point that Bash said could be attributed to the fact that Walz \u2014 and Harris \u2014 have not done many media interviews.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there was a clear lack of preparation and execution here,\u201d anchor Abby Phillip said, noting how Vance managed to land some \u201cpunches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bash had the opposite take. \u201cI think he had too much preparation. He had so many lines that he was clearly trying to say,\u201d she said. \u201cI think the lack of interviews that he has done with national media, with local media \u2014 it showed he needed more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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