{"id":2352530,"date":"2024-10-09T10:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-has-a-working-class-voter-problem-sarah-bedford-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T10:35:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:35:27","slug":"harris-has-a-working-class-voter-problem-sarah-bedford-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-has-a-working-class-voter-problem-sarah-bedford-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris has a \u2018working-class voter problem\u2019: Sarah Bedford &#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\">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-has-a-working-class-voter-problem-sarah-bedford-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=2352530&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-hack-highlights-iranian-threat-to-us-elections-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump campaign hack highlights Iranian threat to US elections - Washington Examiner\">article discusses concerns \u200craised<\/a> by Sarah Bedford, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deutsche-bank-whistleblower-found-dead-in-los-angeles\/\" title=\"Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Found Dead in Los Angeles\">investigations editor<\/a> at the *Washington Examiner*, \u200cregarding Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s approach \u200dto engaging with voters as the\u2064 upcoming election\u2063 nears. Bedford\u2063 asserts that Harris\u2062 faces a significant &#8220;working-class \u200bvoter\u200c problem,&#8221; particularly since she is the first Democratic presidential candidate in over two decades not to secure the Teamsters&#8217; \u200dendorsement. This issue \u200dis evident in her low polling numbers \u200bin crucial Sun\u2062 Belt states\u200c such\u200b as Georgia and Arizona, as well as North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Bedford suggests that Harris&#8217;s potential path to victory hinges\u2064 on the so-called &#8220;blue wall&#8221; states, \u200cincluding Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, \u200dwhere \u200dmany <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-republicans-take-9-point-lead-with-hispanics-support-from-black-voters-more-than-doubles-now-27-percent\/\" title=\"Poll: Republicans Take 9-Point Lead with Hispanics, Support from Black Voters More than Doubles \u2014 Now 27 Percent\">white working-class voters<\/a>\u200b seem unresponsive to her campaign \u2062messages. She criticizes Harris&#8217;s outreach strategy, claiming \u2064it primarily targets liberal base voters\u2062 rather than addressing\u200d the concerns of working-class constituents in these key states. As \u2063Election Day approaches,\u2064 the article emphasizes the urgency for Harris \u200bto recalibrate her campaign approach to avoid alienating this critical voter demographic.  <\/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 has a &lsquo;working-class voter problem&rsquo;: Sarah Bedford<\/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_1780186\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> investigations editor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/sarah-bedford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sarah Bedford\">Sarah Bedford<\/a> suggested that Vice President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> is focused on the wrong voter base as her <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>election<\/a> approaches.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Election Day is less than a month away. Harris is the first Democratic presidential candidate not to receive the Teamsters endorsement in the 21st century, which Bedford claimed could be a &ldquo;working-class voter problem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think for Kamala Harris,&nbsp;this working-class voter problem&nbsp;is particularly acute because&nbsp;she&rsquo;s not polling well in&nbsp;the Sun Belt states, in Georgia,&nbsp;Arizona, for example, in North&nbsp;Carolina it&rsquo;s not looking great&nbsp;for her,&rdquo; Bedford said on Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>The Evening Edit<\/em>. &ldquo;So her really only path&nbsp;to victory is through&nbsp;those so-called &lsquo;blue wall&rsquo; states&nbsp;of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and&nbsp;Wisconsin, where there&rsquo;s a very&nbsp;high concentration of white&nbsp;working-class voters who aren&rsquo;t&nbsp;buying what Kamala Harris is&nbsp;selling. And to look at her&nbsp;campaign, you wouldn&rsquo;t think&nbsp;they&rsquo;ve registered that problem&nbsp;the way she&rsquo;s conducting&nbsp;outreach primarily to, you know, liberal-base voters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2634428&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=a4f1182de3a4740e161fc380b1fbaf38\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;senior columnist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/salena-zito\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Salena Zito<\/a>&nbsp;similarly predicted&nbsp;that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;will win&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a>&nbsp;in November because the working class there has &ldquo;migrated over to the Republican Party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania has largely voted for Democratic presidential candidates in recent cycles, including in 2020, but it flipped for Trump during his 2016 bid. The state has 19 electoral votes and is seen as a crucial part of a White House victory.<\/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_1780186\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1780186\"}});<\/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 a &#8216;working-class voter issue,&#8217; says Bedford<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2352531,"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\/Kamala_Harris_Policies_hhgyt3.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4021,33017,42634],"class_list":["post-2352530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-harris","tag-political-analysis","tag-working-class-voters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kamala_Harris_Policies_hhgyt3.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352530","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}