{"id":2350808,"date":"2024-10-04T13:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T17:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-struggles-with-undecided-voters-as-she-flees-making-policy-promises-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T13:39:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T17:39:16","slug":"harris-struggles-with-undecided-voters-as-she-flees-making-policy-promises-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-struggles-with-undecided-voters-as-she-flees-making-policy-promises-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris struggles with undecided voters as she flees making policy promises &#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\">28<\/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-struggles-with-undecided-voters-as-she-flees-making-policy-promises-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=2350808&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>Vice President Kamala Harris is currently leading former President Donald Trump in national\u2064 polls, enjoying a slight \u2064edge by 2 points.\u2063 She maintains a \u2063competitive position \u200cin swing states as well, being either \u2063tied or holding\u2062 a narrow lead. However, her campaign \u2064has not matched the early momentum she experienced after replacing Joe \u2063Biden at the top of the \u200bDemocratic ticket. \u2063Compared to Biden&#8217;s polling at this\u200b point in \u200bthe previous election cycle, \u200bHarris&#8217;s support is significantly\u2062 lower, raising concerns among party members.<\/p>\n<p>A key issue plaguing Harris&#8217;s campaign is her struggle to\u200d attract <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-drive-to-recall-gov-newsom-gained-traction-in-past-2-weeks\/\" title=\"New Poll Shows Drive To Recall Gov. Newsom Gained Traction In Past 2 Weeks\">undecided voters<\/a> due\u2062 to a lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rick-scott-on-11-point-plan-with-128-promises-from-republicans-we-win-elections-by-having-plans\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Rick Scott on 11-Point Plan with 128 Promises from Republicans: \u2018We Win Elections by Having Plans\u2019\">specific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mccarthy-says-biden-put-china-over-the-american-people\/\" title=\"Rep. McCarthy says Biden put China over the American people\">policy proposals<\/a><\/a> \u2064and clarity in communications. \u2064Despite campaign efforts, she has mostly \u200cpresented broad themes rather than\u2064 concrete plans, which has left voters uncertain. Some Democratic\u200c lawmakers have criticized the strategy of minimizing her public exposure, likening it to a basketball player not playing\u2064 for weeks, ultimately\u2062 compromising performance when it matters most. The \u2064absence of detailed policies is creating apprehension within the\u2063 Democratic Party as the\u200d election approaches.  <\/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 struggles with undecided voters as she flees making promises about policy<\/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_1776672\" 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 <\/a>is leading former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> in national polls but is struggling to maintain the momentum she enjoyed early in her candidacy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Compared to President Joe Biden, Harris is running a successful campaign. She has turned her party&rsquo;s fears on their heads and leads Trump by 2 points nationally. She is either tied or holds a narrow lead within the margin of error over Trump in six of the seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/swing-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>swing states.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But compared to Biden&rsquo;s polling numbers at this time four years ago, Harris&rsquo;s lead over Trump is half of what Biden&rsquo;s was. Equally concerning, her lead is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-marks-30-consecutive-months-of-job-growth\/\" title=\"Florida Marks 30 Consecutive Months of Job Growth\">full point lower<\/a> than Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s was at this same time in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Despite enjoying a surge immediately after she replaced Biden, Harris&rsquo;s team has not done much to change the playbook it was using for the president. Out of fear he might trip over his words or lose his balance onstage, Biden was kept out of the spotlight as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, with a history of fumbling answers to questions herself, has similarly been shielded from the public, and her policy plans have been opaque. A torrent of statements from campaign staffers and surrogates suggested the vice president was running on a platform cut from an entirely different cloth than her 2020 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>She has offered few policy proposals in the handful of appearances she has made, and the lack of a plan is starting to spook Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a mistake to shield Walz and Harris from interviews,&rdquo; a Democratic lawmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/harris-playing-safe-democrats-worry-doom-campaign-rcna173504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> NBC News about the lack of exposure Harris and her running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) have had. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s like playing basketball &mdash; if you don&rsquo;t play for weeks, you&rsquo;re not going to get it into a game and do well. You&rsquo;ve got to be on the court.<\/p>\n<p>Without concrete plans to offer voters, Harris is struggling to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-claims-to-meet-polling-and-donor-requirements-for-fourth-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Chris Christie claims to meet polling and donor requirements for fourth GOP debate\">convince undecided voters<\/a> in swing states that she is a better candidate than Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Just a month out from the election, 20% of likely voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/this-small-sliver-of-late-deciders-could-swing-the-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>say<\/a> their votes are not set in stone.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Biden held a 15-point lead over Trump among independent voters, which contributed to his razor-slim victory in Arizona, making him the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state since President Bill Clinton in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Trump holds a 4-point lead over Harris with undecided voters.<\/p>\n<p><em>New York Times<\/em> columnist Bret Stephens criticized Harris for being evasive to the press late last month on <em>Real Time with Bill Maher<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stephens said voters &ldquo;don&rsquo;t know her answer to anything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The campaign is taking a chance that they can run out the clock and Trump&rsquo;s weaknesses will be enough to win,&rdquo; Chris Kofinis, a Democratic strategist, told NBC News. &ldquo;But the danger in that is if you don&rsquo;t define your own candidacy well enough, people will start defining it themselves.&rdquo;<\/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_1776672\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1776672\"}});<\/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 faces challenges with undecided voters and policy promises<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2350809,"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\/10\/harris-walz-republicans-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4021,42352,33182,32076],"class_list":["post-2350808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-harris","tag-policy-promises","tag-undecided-voters","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/harris-walz-republicans-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350808","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2350808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2350809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2350808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2350808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2350808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}