{"id":2334743,"date":"2024-08-31T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T14:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-momentum-stalls-cnn-talk-didnt-help-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-31T10:42:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T14:42:09","slug":"harris-momentum-stalls-cnn-talk-didnt-help-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-momentum-stalls-cnn-talk-didnt-help-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris momentum stalls, CNN talk didn\u2019t help &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fharris-momentum-stalls-cnn-talk-didnt-help-washington-examiner%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=2334743&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>The article discusses the recent\u2062 polling shift in the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-desantis-beats-trump-in-2024-straw-poll-at-top-conservative-summit\/\" title=\"BREAKING: DeSantis Beats Trump In 2024 Straw Poll At Top Conservative Summit\">2024 presidential race<\/a> following Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s first televised interview. After the event, which \u200dwas anticipated \u200cto boost her \u2063momentum, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/somehow-57-of-new-yorkers-still-approve-of-andrew-cuomos-performance-are-we-missing-something\/\" title=\"Somehow, 57% Of New Yorkers Still Approve Of Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Performance. Are We Missing Something?\">polling data<\/a> indicates \u200bthat her support \u2063has stalled, and former President Donald Trump has gained the lead. According\u200c to a poll from \u200bRasmussen Reports, Trump is ahead of Harris\u200b by 49% to\u2064 45%. The\u200b pollster Mark Mitchell\u2064 noted that this represents Trump&#8217;s largest lead in ten days. While some other polls, like the USA TODAY\/Suffolk\u200b University, showed Harris leading prior to the \u2062interview, the overall trend suggests a shift in advantage towards Trump \u2063post-interview. Analysts point to growing concerns for Harris, muting enthusiasm\u2063 that \u2062previously surrounded her candidacy.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris momentum stalls, CNN talk didn&rsquo;t help<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1742153\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In the first polling of voters after her long-awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3140038\/will-cnn-interview-be-harriss-last\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>first televised interview,<\/a> the momentum of newly-minted Democratic presidential candidate Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> appears to have stalled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a post by the pollster for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/most_voters_don_t_trust_polls_a_lotnew_home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Rasmussen Reports<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadas-economy-unexpectedly-grows-in-july-though-momentum-slows\/\" title=\"Canada\u2019s economy unexpectedly grows in July, though momentum slows\">momentum appears<\/a> to now favor former President Donald Trump in the 2024 see-saw race.<\/p>\n<p>The outfit&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-the-horrified-look-on-harris-face-when-walz-makes-dirty-joke-about-jd-vance\/\" title=\"Watch the Horrified Look on Harris&#039; Face When Walz Makes Dirty Joke About JD Vance\">overnight polling<\/a> of its likely voter sample, typically with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-22-of-cable-news-is-news-study\/\" title=\"Only 22% of Cable \u2018News\u2019 is News: Study\">slightly higher percentage<\/a> of Democrats, showed that the advantage continued to shift to Trump following the Thursday night CNN interview in which Harris gave few details on her plans.<\/p>\n<p>Rasmussen&rsquo;s overnight data shows Trump leading the national popular race 49% to 45%.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;OH NOOooo&hellip; !! This wasn&rsquo;t supposed to happen! Our latest nightly data point (50% post-Kamala-interview) shows Trump opening up his biggest lead in 10 days,&rdquo; said Rasmussen pollster Mark Mitchell on X. He later said the exact numbers are 48.8% for Trump to 45.3% for Harris.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">  https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mark_R_Mitchell\/status\/1829740425571176545 <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Rasmussen is one of the only pollsters to run a daily survey and it will combine several days to give an average when it releases an official survey. For the Trump-Harris debate, that&rsquo;s on Thursday. Last Thursday&rsquo;s average had Trump leading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/biden_administration\/election_2024_trump_48_harris_46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>48% to 46%.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mitchell said that the election is a moving target, though a trend is growing clear. &ldquo;Our motto:&nbsp;collect the numbers and throw them over the fence. Everyone else is playing with dark magic and chicken bones to put out biweekly releases.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">  https:\/\/twitter.com\/Peoples_Pundit\/status\/1829544294937657722 <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Competitors move in and out of the race to take irregular polls. One just released by USA TODAY\/Suffolk University had Harris up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/08\/29\/kamala-harris-donald-trump-suffolk-usa-today-poll-results\/74984967007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>48% to 43%.<\/a> It was done before the interview and after the Democratic National Convention.<\/p>\n<p>Some others see a similar shift in momentum as Rasmussen. Richard Baris, the director of the Big Data Poll, said on X Friday, &ldquo;In the field now. Looking at the data from the last two nights. Noise is dying down&hellip;Kamala Harris is headed to where Joe Biden was before the debate.&rdquo; At that time, Trump was ahead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Zogby Report   08 30 24   Beyond The Horse Race\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GA1QLJmmz9o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Democratic pollster John Zogby, who is a co-grader with conservative analyst Jed Babbin on the <em>Secrets<\/em> weekly White House report card, said that the CNN interview didn&rsquo;t help or hurt Harris.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No runs, no hits, no errors,&rdquo; said Zogby, who added, &ldquo;From their point of view, they did what they needed to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added that the next needle-moving event will be the debate between Harris and Trump. &ldquo;I think that&rsquo;s going to be the Super Bowl,&rdquo; he said on the regular podcast he does with his son and <a href=\"https:\/\/johnzogbystrategies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John Zogby Strategies<\/a> managing partner Jeremy Zogby.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1742153\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1742153\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris&#8217;s momentum falters, CNN interview proves ineffective<\/p>\n<p>Following her highly anticipated first televised interview, polling indicates that Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s momentum as a newly declared Democratic presidential candidate has come to a halt. According to Rasmussen Reports&#8217; pollster, the advantage now seems to lean towards former President Donald Trump in the competitive 2024 race. Their latest overnight polling of likely voters\u2014who typically include a slightly higher percentage of Democrats\u2014shows Trump&#8217;s lead growing after Harris&#8217;s Thursday night CNN interview, where she provided limited details about her plans. The data reveals Trump leading with 49% compared to Harris\u2019s 45%. <\/p>\n<p>Rasmussen pollster Mark Mitchell expressed surprise on X, stating that their latest nightly data (50% post-interview) shows Trump achieving his largest lead in ten days. He later specified the numbers as 48.8% for Trump and 45.3% for Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Rasmussen is one of the few pollsters conducting daily surveys and will average several days&#8217; results for its official release; this includes an upcoming debate between Trump and Harris on Thursday. Last week\u2019s average had Trump ahead by 48% to 46%. Mitchell noted that while elections are dynamic, a trend is becoming evident: \u201cOur motto: collect the numbers and throw them over the fence,\u201d contrasting their approach with others who release biweekly updates.<\/p>\n<p>Other polls have shown varying results; for instance, a USA TODAY\/Suffolk University survey conducted before the interview indicated Harris was leading at 48% to Trump&#8217;s 43%. Some analysts observe similar shifts in momentum as Rasmussen does. Richard Baris from Big Data Poll mentioned on X that current data suggests &#8220;Kamala Harris is headed where Joe Biden was before his debate,&#8221; when Trump was also leading.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic pollster John Zogby commented that the CNN interview neither helped nor harmed Harris&#8217;s standing: \u201cNo runs, no hits, no errors.\u201d He believes they accomplished what they needed but anticipates that the upcoming debate between Harris and Trump will be pivotal: \u201cI think that&#8217;s going to be like the Super Bowl,\u201d he remarked during his podcast with his son and Jeremy Zogby from John Zogby Strategies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2334744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harris-Walz-0824.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[9373,4021,13710,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2334743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cnn","tag-harris","tag-momentum","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harris-Walz-0824.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334743","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\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}