ETA: Wow, now Harris v Trump! ... 2024 election is repeat of 2020 (Biden vs Trump) with some differences

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Vox - Kamala Harris, explained in 7 moments

Vice President Kamala Harris is potentially on the verge of becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. At the same time, in part because her rapid ascent to the Democratic presidential nomination didn’t involve the sustained public attention of a long presidential primary, she’s more of a cipher to many Americans than major party presidential nominees typically are. So who is Kamala Harris? In this video, we hand that story over to four reporters who have covered her at different points in her career.​
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Kamala Harris first entered public life as the elected district attorney of San Francisco. She tried to distinguish herself from her predecessor, known for taking a progressive approach to crime, by calling herself “smart on crime.” She spoke more clinically and quantitatively than ideologically; she talked about numbers, not ideas or politics. That continued in her next role as California’s attorney general, in which she was often hard to pin down ideologically and reluctant to take political stances. But that role also made her a household name in California, and after six years as attorney general, she won the state’s US Senate race.​
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Harris quickly became a well-known senator, but not for speeches or policy. Instead she found fame as the Democratic Party’s chief cross-examiner in the Senate, grilling Trump administration officials in confrontations that excited Democratic voters and sparked a movement for her to run for president in 2020. However, the Democratic Party had by that point become more ideologically progressive, and her record of being “smart on crime” no longer played as well with those voters. She struggled to find a political lane in the Democratic primary, and her run was short-lived. But when Democrats ultimately chose Joe Biden as their nominee, Biden vowed to pick a woman as his running mate. And after a summer in which the death of George Floyd and the massive ensuing protests sparked a national reckoning around race, Harris rose to the top of his list.​
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As vice president, Harris struggled to find a role in the administration. Biden tasked her with an unenviable job: solving the “root causes” of undocumented immigration to the US. It was neither her area of expertise nor her ideological strong suit, and after a disastrous TV interview, she retreated from public view. But after the US Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion, things started to change. Harris had an expertise and authority on reproductive rights that Biden lacked, and she became the administration’s spokesperson on the topic, finding her voice and footing in public life again.​
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In July 2024, an unpopular and visibly aged Joe Biden withdrew from his reelection campaign, endorsing Kamala Harris as his successor. Lively and articulate by comparison, Harris quickly captured the enthusiasm of the Democratic Party, gaining momentum in the race against Donald Trump. Her continued success will depend on whether she can grow into the role of a galvanizing, inspirational political figure that she’s struggled to fill in the past.​
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00:00 Intro​
0:16 1. Smart on crime​
1:50 2. Not entirely clear​
3:28 3. America’s advocate​
5:39 4. 2020​
8:01 5. Root causes​
9:20 6. Overturn​
10:45 7. We are not going back​
 
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The Wall Street Journal - Why So Many Young Men Are Leaving Democrats for Republicans in 2024?

Young voters have supported democratic candidates for over 20 years. However, recent WSJ polling shows that Republicans are closer than ever to winning the group, especially among young men. While 2020 exit polls show that young men backed President Joe Biden by 15 percentage points, the February 2024 WSJ poll found they favored former president Donald Trump by 14 percentage points. WSJ’s Aaron Zitner explains what’s driving young men to support Republicans, and what it could mean for the 2024 presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.​

0:00 Polling​
1:05 Issues important to young voters​
3:08 Gap between young men and women voters​
4:50 What’s next?​
 
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The Democrat/narcissist approach to everything: divide and divide and divide and conquer, discarding each unsatisfactory division as they go...
 
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Harris said, "As president, I will be laser focused on creating opportunities for the middle class ..."

BUT as VP under Biden for the past 3.5 years, what did she do to create opportunities for the middle class? Biden/Harris sure created opportunities, housing and food for illegal immigrants while LEGAL citizens and veterans suffered housing crisis, homelessness, inflation and healthcare premium hikes, etc. etc. (n)

4 more years of Harris will be continuation of past 3.5 years under Biden/Harris ... More inflation and America not first. (n) And how will she pay for all of her free giveaways? More taxes and printing more money, of course. (n)

The Hill - Jessica Burbank and Robby Soave discuss Kamala Harris' economic plan and mounting criticism it's getting
 
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You have to realize, the Kamala crowd view the illegals as the new Middle Class, which will support her and her agenda.
The old middle class is in the process of being impoverished and demoted to a deplorable underclass...
 
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I am anticipating things to get real interesting very soon before the election.

Many news outlet comments, even on liberal/left leaning Yahoo News, increasing number of comments are pointing out the true reality of print more money, give away money, spend more and tax more policies of 3.5 years under Biden/Harris with inflation as the result concern of more of same under 4 more years of Harris presidency.
 
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"Mixed race" undecided/swing voters respond to Harris/Walz first major interview.

At 2:30 minute of video, "Deciders" project run by Engagious interviews undecided/swing voters' reaction to Harris/Walz interview

"What is she going to do different as president that she did as vice president?"​

Watch Voters who are undecided and committed both slam Kamala Harris after her DISASTROUS train wreck interview with CNN Dana Bash. It's surprising given she had her support animal in Governor Tim Walz, the interview was only 18 minutes, and it was all pre-taped & edited. To make matters worse her own supporters graded her interview just fine. Her issue is she is not authentic and forthcoming as Donald Trump is when he sits down to do interviews.

 
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The Hill - WOAH: Kamala Harris FLIP-FLOPS On CNN And CLAIMS She NEVER Supported A FRACKING Ban

Jessica Burbank and Amber Duke weigh in on Kamala Harris' first interview since taking over the helm as Democratic nominee.​


The Hill - Dems SCARED? Could RFK Jr. Supporters FLIP Election, Turn in Favor of Trump?

The DNC and RNC are over and the final sprint to Election Day is on. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are out and about campaigning this week on the same issue — the economy. This week on What’s America Thinking, host Julia Manchester breaks down more on the campaigns with Decision Desk HQ director Scott Tranter and the latest on the Harris-Trump presidential debate.​
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What’s America Thinking? is a lively, informative show that leans into why Americans are so fed up with the government and its inability to make their lives better. We’ll focus on the people behind the polls, pocketbook issues, the disconnect between Washington and Main Street - what Americans are REALLY thinking!​
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New focus group update from Axios Swing Voter Project with Syracuse University and "Deciders" NBC projects - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/20...ow-kamala-harris-seen-donald-trump-rcna168784

Skeptical voters wrestle with what they know about Harris versus what they've seen from Trump New focus group conversations with nine skeptical Latino:​
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"Harris is wishy washy and doesn't have a stance ... she is just like Biden ... She doesn't know where she stands ... I struggle ... I don't know what Kamala will do in another 4 years ... It is a struggle ... I am 100% conflicted ... I will likely still choose Trump ... He has better track record ... better for the economy ... and likely do more with war in Gaza and Ukraine"​
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"Unemployment ... jobs ... trade policies ... I am helping my children and grandchildren with their groceries ... I see it first hand ... people have multiple jobs and people used to have just one job ... We are sending money to Ukraine and we need to take care of people here first ... When Democrats are in office, economy goes down ... Voting for Trump will help with economy ... He is a businessman and understands"​
  • A new focus group of skeptical Hispanic voters reveals the potential limitations of Democratic enthusiasm breaking through with the remaining sliver of persuadable voters in the wake of Vice President Kamala Harris’ rise to the top of their ticket.
  • Conversations with nine voters — who are primarily from presidential battleground states and say they’re unsatisfied with both major-party candidates — show a near-unanimous lack of familiarity with Harris.
  • That’s bred a real skepticism about whether Harris means what she says in the campaign or whether the November election is a choice, as one voter put it, between the “devil we know” in former President Donald Trump and the “devil we don’t know” in Harris.
  • “It’s better a fool known than the fool unknown.
  • Sorry, I’ve already been through Trump, I think I can handle him another four years. He’s not going to kill the whole nation in four years, he doesn’t have that power, and I just don’t know Harris well enough,” said Maddie C., a 52-year-old from Macon, Georgia, who also backed Trump in 2020.
  • But Andreas O., a 47-year-old from Durham, North Carolina, who backed President Joe Biden in 2020, said of Harris, “At the very least, she’s competent. I don’t have any doubts about her ability to run the government.”
  • The latest edition of the NBC News Deciders Focus Group, produced in collaboration with Syracuse University and the research firms Engagious and Sago, makes clear the decision to swap Biden with Harris at the top of the ticket has fundamentally changed the discussion about the Democratic ticket.
  • The near-universal discomfort with Biden’s age across every prior focus group of skeptical or undecided voters is gone. But it’s been replaced by voters in these sessions who used words like “ghost” and “hiding” and “unknown” to describe Harris.

Another swing voter focus group from 3 weeks ago regarding "Top Issues and Biggest Threats" that will decide their votes:

 
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