The poll also highlights an ongoing issue for the Democratic Party in that Harris is considered less popular among voters than President Joe Biden.
The survey says other Democrat figures seen as possible replacements for Biden—such as California Governor Gavin Newsom, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg—would also lose to Trump by double figures.
Disclaimer: I’m on the Momala bandwagon now.
Part of the problem here is that the job of the VP is kind of meh. Sit around as an understudy in case the main act has a colonoscopy or something, and go down to the Senate every now and then to break up fights. It’s not supposed to be a popular job. So of course people don’t like her. She’s had to stay in the background, particularly when people have doubts about the President’s ability, and if she was more visible people might think it’s because the President needs his nap.
I don’t believe all these bad numbers will stick, because they’re all hypothetical. If Harris ultimately gets the nod, she will gain in the polls once it no longer becomes hypothetical. (For that matter, so would any other candidate listed. I like Harris, but I like the others listed, too. They can all at least stay up past Jeopardy.)
Her issue is several of her speeches have been terrible and she is obsessed with “woke ideology”. I don’t really like RFK but he says a few things that are absolutely true. The Democratic Party is OBSESSED with culture wars. Look at what they’ve accomplished in 3.5 years. Almost all of it has to do with LGBTQ rights or extremely liberal policy like cancelling student loans. I don’t disagree that these are great issues to tackle but for fucks sake can we worry about normal shit for normal people. It looks like they’re trying to win votes by gaining favor with marginalized groups of society. They’re literally acting like republicans which is why so many can’t stand Biden/Kamala. They are the same, just on different ideological wavelengths.
