{"id":2336571,"date":"2024-09-04T11:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-calls-in-uk-labour-party-strategist-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T11:57:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:57:19","slug":"harris-campaign-calls-in-uk-labour-party-strategist-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-calls-in-uk-labour-party-strategist-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris campaign calls in UK Labour Party strategist &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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-campaign-calls-in-uk-labour-party-strategist-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=2336571&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 Vice\u200c President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign \u200dengaging a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hispanic-voters-in-florida-who-fled-dictatorships-think-the-election-was-stolen-from-trump\/\" title=\"REPORT: Hispanic Voters In Florida Who Fled Dictatorships Think The Election Was Stolen From Trump\">strategist<\/a> from the UK Labour Party, Deborah Mattinson, to gain insights from Labour&#8217;s past electoral\u2063 successes. Mattinson, a key\u200c advisor to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is expected to visit Washington, D.C., to share strategies \u2062aimed at regaining traditional Labour voters\u200d who shifted to the Conservative Party.\u200d Her \u200capproach emphasizes a centrist campaign, contrasting with Labour&#8217;s traditional leftist stance.\u2062 She will advise Harris to prioritize appealing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gops-newest-midterm-issue-menthols\/\" title=\"The GOP\u2019s Newest Midterm Issue: Menthols?\">swing-state voters<\/a> rather than\u200b focusing on \u200bthemes of &#8220;hope and\u2064 change.&#8221; This \u2062collaboration marks a \u200csignificant interaction between \u200bthe Harris campaign and an \u200dinternational political operation.  <\/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 campaign calls in UK Labour Party strategist<\/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_1745151\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris's\">Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> campaign is enlisting the support of U.K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/labour-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Labour Party\">Labour Party<\/a> strategists.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Deborah Mattinson, a pollster and one of U.K. Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keir-starmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Keir Starmer\">Keir Starmer<\/a>&lsquo;s top advisers, is set to travel to Washington, D.C., next week to brief the campaign on Labour&rsquo;s successful strategy in the past election, <em>Politico<\/em> reported. The move is one of the first major interactions between the Harris campaign and a foreign political operation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Washington in her ceremonial office on the White House complex. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mattinson&rsquo;s strategy rested on winning back traditional Labour voters who had gone over to the Tories under then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, advocating a more publicly centrist campaign than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-arizona-state-rep-issues-call-to-withhold-states-electoral-college-votes-to-joe-biden-due-to-significant-evidence-of-fraud\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Arizona State Rep Issues Call to Withhold State&#039;s Electoral College Votes to Joe Biden Due to Significant Evidence of Fraud\">party&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s left-wing roots. The strategy that she will relate to Harris was developed with the help of the Progressive Policy Institute, run by former Starmer policy director Claire Ainsley.<\/p>\n<p>Mattinson&rsquo;s advice to Harris will be to &ldquo;put the &lsquo;hope and change stuff&rsquo; to one side&rdquo; and maintain a laser focus on appealing to swing-state voters, according to a person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Though the Democrats are eager to recreate the crushing success of Labour earlier this year, several aspects of the 2024 U.K. election and the 2024 U.S. election are starkly different.<\/p>\n<p>For one, Labour faced a tremendously unpopular ruling party and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-joe-biden-approval-rating-hits-record-low-as-he-reaches-one-year-as-president\/\" title=\"Poll: Joe Biden Approval Rating Hits Record Low as He Reaches One Year as President\">record-low approval ratings<\/a>. Further-right voters were also provided an outlet to vent their frustrations in the form of Nigel Farage&rsquo;s Reform U.K. party, splitting the vote away from the Tories.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump, though still a polarizing figure, boasts an enthusiastic base and much more favorable public perception than when he left office in January 2021. He boasts the loyalty of the Right, with no further-right parties to siphon away votes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even with every factor in its favor, Labour underperformed in the summer election, winning a much lower majority than was expected. Though it still lost a record number of seats, the expected annihilation of the Tories didn&rsquo;t take place.<\/p>\n<p>Labour was also plagued by a void of enthusiasm, in contrast to the fervor that brought former Prime Minister Tony Blair to the position in 1997.<\/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_1745151\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1745151\"}});<\/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 Campaign Recruits UK Labour Party Strategist<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign is seeking assistance from strategists associated with the U.K. Labour Party. Deborah Mattinson, a prominent pollster and key advisor to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, will be heading to Washington, D.C., next week to share insights on Labour&#8217;s effective strategies from the recent election, as reported by Politico. This collaboration marks one of the initial significant engagements between Harris&#8217;s campaign and an international political entity.<\/p>\n<p>Mattinson\u2019s approach focused on regaining traditional Labour supporters who had shifted their allegiance to the Conservative Party during Boris Johnson\u2019s tenure as Prime Minister. She advocated for a more centrist public stance compared to the party\u2019s leftist origins. The strategy she will present was developed in conjunction with the Progressive Policy Institute, led by Claire Ainsley, who previously served as Starmer&#8217;s policy director.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources familiar with her plans for Harris, Mattinson will advise her to set aside &#8220;hope and change&#8221; rhetoric and concentrate intently on appealing to voters in swing states. While Democrats are keen on replicating Labour&#8217;s significant success earlier this year, there are notable differences between the upcoming 2024 elections in both countries.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Labour contended with an extremely unpopular ruling party and a prime minister facing historically low approval ratings. Additionally, right-leaning voters had an alternative outlet for their grievances through Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform U.K., which divided votes away from the Conservatives. In contrast, former President Donald Trump remains a divisive figure but enjoys strong support among his base and has a more favorable public image than when he left office in January 2021; he retains loyalty from right-wing voters without any competing far-right parties that could draw votes away.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having many advantages at play during its summer election campaign, Labour did not perform as well as anticipated\u2014winning fewer seats than expected while still losing a record number of them overall; they did not achieve the anticipated overwhelming defeat of the Conservatives either. Furthermore, there was a noticeable lack of enthusiasm within Labour compared to the excitement that propelled Tony Blair into power back in 1997<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2336572,"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\/09\/Harris-UK.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32431,35844,32504,40072,32076],"class_list":["post-2336571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-election","tag-harris-campaign","tag-political-strategy","tag-uk-labour-party","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Harris-UK.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336571","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}