{"id":2328796,"date":"2024-08-21T20:31:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T00:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-pollster-admits-kamala-harris-had-best-launch-in-decades-but-says-it-wont-be-enough-to-beat-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T20:34:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T00:34:49","slug":"top-pollster-admits-kamala-harris-had-best-launch-in-decades-but-says-it-wont-be-enough-to-beat-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-pollster-admits-kamala-harris-had-best-launch-in-decades-but-says-it-wont-be-enough-to-beat-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Pollster Admits Kamala Harris Had &#8216;Best Launch&#8217; in Decades, But Says It Won&#8217;t Be Enough to Beat Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/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%2Ftop-pollster-admits-kamala-harris-had-best-launch-in-decades-but-says-it-wont-be-enough-to-beat-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=2328796&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>Pollster Frank \u200cLuntz has commented on Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-target-gop-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Democrats target GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\">campaign launch<\/a>,\u200d which he described as\u200b the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">effective<\/a> \u200din decades. Despite her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-looks-to-beat-china-in-tech-war-approves-250-billion-for-research-and-development\/\" title=\"Senate Looks To Beat China In Tech War, Approves 0 Billion For Research And Development\">strong start<\/a> on July 21st, Luntz believes that it will not be\u200d enough for her to overcome former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. He noted that the polling margin \u200dbetween Harris and Trump is very \u2063narrow, emphasizing the importance\u2064 of her \u2063performance after the \u2064Democratic National Convention to secure a viable path to\u2064 victory. Luntz compared Harris&#8217;s launch to that of historical figures, indicating that while she made a significant impact, the challenge ahead remains considerable.  <\/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>Pollster Frank Luntz said that Vice President Kamala Harris<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">&#038;rsquo<\/a>; effective campaign launch is not sufficient for her to defeat former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President launched her campaign on July 21st. Luntz, on &ldquo;CNN News Central,&rdquo; said that despite Harris having the &ldquo;best launch&rdquo; in decades, the polling difference between her and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-pollster-updates-election-forecast-predicting-trump-will-bury-harris-alive-not-good-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> is so small that she must surge after the Democratic National Convention to have a clear path to victory.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s had the best launch that I&rsquo;ve seen in my career. You&rsquo;d have to go back to a time that I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t remember, to [former Republican presidential nominee] Wendell Willkie in 1940, someone who&lsquo;s taken the country by storm, but that&rsquo;s still not enough &hellip; The difference is so miniscule between Trump and Harris, but that&rsquo;s why these two nights, tonight and tomorrow night, are so important,&rdquo; Luntz said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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Harris officially began her campaign on July 21st. During an appearance on \u201cCNN News Central,\u201d Luntz remarked that even though Harris delivered the \u201cbest launch\u201d he has witnessed in years, the polling gap between her and Trump is so narrow that she needs to gain momentum following the Democratic National Convention to secure a viable path to victory. He noted, \u201cShe\u2019s had the best launch I\u2019ve seen in my career; you\u2019d have to go back to someone like Wendell Willkie in 1940 who took the country by storm, but that\u2019s still not enough&#8230; The difference between Trump and Harris is minimal, which is why these next two nights are crucial.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2328797,"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\/Picture_-_2024-08-21T145830.653.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,32438,33017,28314,3634],"class_list":["post-2328796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-analysis","tag-pollster","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture_-_2024-08-21T145830.653.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328796","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=2328796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}