{"id":2319345,"date":"2024-08-05T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rasmussen-poll-numbers-kamalas-bounce-didnt-phase-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-08-05T11:15:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T15:15:06","slug":"rasmussen-poll-numbers-kamalas-bounce-didnt-phase-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rasmussen-poll-numbers-kamalas-bounce-didnt-phase-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasmussen Poll Numbers: Kamala&#8217;s &#8216;Bounce&#8217; Didn&#8217;t Phase Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frasmussen-poll-numbers-kamalas-bounce-didnt-phase-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2319345&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In recent developments related to the 2024 presidential race, former President Donald Trump has shown \u200cresilience in polls against Democratic\u200c nominee Vice President Kamala \u2062Harris. Following an initial boost for Harris, often referred to as the\u200d &#8220;Obama bounce,&#8221; Trump has\u200d regained\u2062 a lead in polling, now sitting above her by a\u200c margin of 4 to 5 points. Mark Mitchell, a lead \u2062pollster at Rasmussen Reports, noted that despite \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-calls-on-federal-investigators-to-search-new-location-for-biden-classified-documents\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Calls On Federal Investigators To Search New Location For Biden Classified Documents\">concerted media effort<\/a> \u2064to portray\u200c Harris positively after receiving President Obama&#8217;s endorsement, Trump&#8217;s popularity has remained stable, especially\u200d in key\u2063 swing states.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has proposed a debate with Harris on Fox\u200b News, emphasizing the importance of a live audience to demonstrate his\u2064 leadership qualities. J.D. Vance, Trump&#8217;s running\u200d mate, stated that Harris tends \u200dto struggle in unscripted situations, suggesting a live debate could disadvantage her.<\/p>\n<p>Amid these discussions, social\u2063 media commentary has pointed out stylistic differences between Trump and Harris&#8217;s \u200brallies,\u2064 with\u2064 criticisms directed at Harris for \u200dher approach during a rally in Atlanta. Some comments highlighted that Trump engages with \u2063crowds authentically, contrasting it \u200cwith Harris&#8217;s rally dynamics. the narrative indicates a solidifying for Trump in the race as he continues \u200dto challenge Harris, who \u2064still faces skepticism regarding her \u200cappeal \u200bamong \u200cvoters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s polling bounce and ensuing momentum after she became the anointed Democratic presidential nominee has already evaporated as former President Donald Trump stays strong, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-low-can-joe-go-approval-drops-below-43-in-46-states\/\" title=\"How Low Can Joe Go? Approval Drops Below 43% In 46 States\">major pollster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JayneZirkle\/status\/1819046124889514048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a>, Rasmussen Reports lead pollster Mark Mitchell said that Trump has weathered what he calls &ldquo;the Obama bounce.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mitchel explained: &ldquo;Now, what Trump has basically done is survive a coordinated &lsquo;info op&rsquo; to try and paint Kamala Harris as super likable, super competent. A lot of coordinated media attention, a lot of coordinated attacks of Donald Trump and J. D. Vance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell said the polling showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-trump-still-dominating-harris-real-threat-new-polling-maga-cant-get-lazy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> leading Harris, then Harris closing Trump&rsquo;s lead over her from 16 points to six.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rasmussen: President Trump Has Survived The &ldquo;Obama Bounce&rdquo; New Data Shows <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rasmussen_Poll?\">@Rasmussen_Poll<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QcD1O2NUFO\">pic.twitter.com\/QcD1O2NUFO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jayne Zirkle (@JayneZirkle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayneZirkle\/status\/1819046124889514048?\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And if we had done a poll on the 24th and 25th, we actually would have showed Donald Trump losing slightly to Kamala Harris,&rdquo; Mitchell said. &ldquo;Now, that&rsquo;s right about the time she got the Obama endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But since then what you can see is Donald Trump has steadily clawed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/week-three-college-football-recap-top-10-teams-survive\/\" title=\"Week Three College Football Recap: Top 10 Teams Survive\">lead back<\/a>, and he&rsquo;s up four points on the 30th &mdash; 5 points on the 31st. I think what you&rsquo;re seeing there on the chart is literally her bounce fading and Donald Trump settling back into what&rsquo;s probably a 4 to 5-point lead right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s all downhill for them from here on out,&rdquo; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell added: &ldquo;Of course, you know, she&rsquo;ll get a lot of positive coverage during the DNC.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But to me, the headline is, Trump is winning comfortably, and before all this happened, in polls that had him winning comfortably, he was winning in every single swing state. So it&rsquo;s Trump&rsquo;s race right now,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128293;&#128680;BREAKING: This Black Georgia woman named Michaela is taking the internet by storm for putting Kamala Harris on blast at Trump&rsquo;s rally in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They don&rsquo;t want to talk policy, they just want to use propaganda to steal your vote. The left is trying to tout this woman as&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4YYPy9xrSo\">pic.twitter.com\/4YYPy9xrSo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dom_lucre\/status\/1819831108558864468?\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Clear Politics<\/a> average of polls shows Trump with a 1.2 percentage point led over Harris but notes that of the 10 most recent polls, Trump won seven and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/momala-exposed-dads-writing-5-years-ago-revealed-kamala-vicious-petty-bully-now-doc-resurfaced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> won three.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has said he wants to debate Harris on Fox News on Sept. 4 before a live audience, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jd-vance-calls-trump-offering-debate-harris-fox-news-masterstroke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s running mate, Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-expertly-shuts-cnn-reporters-race-baiting-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a> of Ohio, said a free-wheeling debate will be bad for Harris because, &ldquo;The thing that we&rsquo;ve learned about Kamala &hellip; over the last four years, is she&rsquo;s incredibly bad if she&rsquo;s not scripted, right?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He said having an audience is important.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kamala Harris invited rappers and girls to twerk at her rally in Atlanta. Trump is in the same city, and he invited intelligent black women to talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-legacy-media-convinced-americans-that-andrew-cuomo-was-a-hero\/\" title=\"How The Legacy Media Convinced Americans That Andrew Cuomo Was A Hero\">real issues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And you can bet your whole house that Trump won&rsquo;t put on a fake black accent<\/p>\n<p>This is a huge difference. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ERlB4yAYDJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ERlB4yAYDJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George (@BehizyTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BehizyTweets\/status\/1819821354209702322?\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re supposed to lead people, and to lead people you actually have to sort of like people and engage with them well,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, him having a crowd for this debate, I think, is really important because it will show his natural leadership ability. And it also shows, frankly, that people are kind of turned off by Kamala Harris. So, I think it&rsquo;s good. Hopefully, it happens, and hopefully Kamala Harris agrees to it. 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In a post on X, Mark Mitchell, the chief pollster at Rasmussen Reports, stated that Trump has successfully navigated what he refers to as &#8220;the Obama bounce.&#8221; He elaborated that Trump has managed to withstand a coordinated effort aimed at portraying Harris as highly likable and competent, which included significant media focus and attacks on both Trump and J.D. Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell noted that polling indicated Trump initially led Harris by 16 points but saw her narrow the gap to six points. He mentioned that if polls had been conducted around the time of Harris&#8217;s endorsement from Obama on the 24th and 25th of July, they might have shown Trump slightly trailing her. However, since then, Trump&#8217;s support has steadily increased; he was up by four points on July 30th and five points on July 31st. Mitchell believes this trend reflects Harris&#8217;s bounce fading while Trump reestablishes a lead of about four to five points.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested that moving forward may be challenging for Harris despite potential positive coverage during the Democratic National Convention (DNC). According to him, Trump&#8217;s current standing is strong; prior polls showed him leading comfortably in all key swing states.<\/p>\n<p>In related news from Georgia, a woman named Michaela gained attention for criticizing Kamala Harris at one of Trump&#8217;s rallies in Atlanta. The Real Clear Politics average indicates that Trump currently holds a slim lead over Harris by approximately 1.2 percentage points; out of ten recent polls conducted, seven favored Trump while three supported Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Trump expressed interest in debating Harris live on Fox News before an audience on September 4th. His running mate J.D. Vance commented that an unscripted debate would likely disadvantage Harris due to her past performance outside scripted settings.<\/p>\n<p>Vance emphasized the importance of engaging with people effectively as part of leadership and suggested having an audience would highlight Trump&#8217;s natural leadership skills while also indicating public disinterest in Kamala Harris\u2019s approach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2319346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/trump-and-khar.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32438,32158,3634],"class_list":["post-2319345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-kamala-harris","tag-rasmussen-poll","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/trump-and-khar.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2319346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2319345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2319345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}