{"id":2364184,"date":"2024-11-05T07:33:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T12:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-and-trump-take-radically-different-paths-to-try-to-reach-white-house-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T07:35:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T12:35:40","slug":"harris-and-trump-take-radically-different-paths-to-try-to-reach-white-house-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-and-trump-take-radically-different-paths-to-try-to-reach-white-house-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris and Trump take radically different paths to try to reach White House &#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\">32<\/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-and-trump-take-radically-different-paths-to-try-to-reach-white-house-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=2364184&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 contrasting strategies of Vice President\u200b Kamala Harris and former President Donald \u2063Trump as they \u2064approach the 2024 \u2064presidential election. Harris aims \u2064to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sununus-new-hampshire-endorsement-of-nikki-haley-an-energizing-moment-against-trump\/\" title=\"Sununu&#039;s endorsement of Nikki Haley in New Hampshire energizes against Trump\">attract undecided\u2063 voters<\/a>\u2063 by building\u200b a coalition similar to that of\u200c President Biden&#8217;s \u200cin 2020,\u200d spanning both left-wing and center-right demographics. She is focusing on avoiding divisive \u2064issues and maintaining a cautious public image, often \u200drefraining\u2064 from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-doesnt-know-if-ukraine-can-hold-off-russian-forces\/\" title=\"Zelensky Doesn\u2019t Know if Ukraine Can Hold Off Russian Forces\">directly answering questions<\/a> on contentious topics, which has earned\u2064 her the label \u2062of the &#8220;no comment candidate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Trump&#8217;s campaign emphasizes rallying his core supporters\u2062 while reaching out to \u2062disillusioned former Democrats through his dynamic rally performances\u200c and bold messaging. He has\u200d attempted \u2064to unite his base by showcasing \u200dinfluential personalities aligned\u2064 with his campaign, although he tends to neglect \u2063courting moderate Republicans who may still\u2063 have reservations \u2063about his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>As Election \u200dDay \u200capproaches, both\u200c candidates find themselves nearly tied in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-great-politically-for-republicans-to-talk-arizona-election-audit\/\" title=\"Trump: &#039;Great Politically&#039; for Republicans to Talk Arizona Election Audit\">national polls<\/a>, \u2064with \u2064Trump potentially positioned to win the popular\u200d vote for \u200cthe first time. The \u200darticle highlights the \u200ddiffering approaches of the \u200btwo\u200d campaigns, indicating the challenges and strategies\u200c they must navigate in the remaining campaign period.  <\/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 and Trump take radically different paths to try to reach White House<\/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_1870897\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In the final hours of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2024 presidential campaign<\/a>, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> clearly have different theories about how to win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Harris trying to persuade voters who are ambivalent about both candidates in a bid to recreate President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s anti-Trump coalition from four years ago, stretching from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> socialist Left all the way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/liz-cheney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Liz Cheney<\/a> ex-Republicans on the center-right.<\/p>\n<p>This has led to Harris trying to downplay issues that might divide that coalition, such as fracking and foreign policy, while remaining ambiguous about how liberal she is in most policy areas outside of abortion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harris has officially abandoned many of the positions she took during her 2019 presidential campaign, when she attempted to run to Biden&rsquo;s left in the Democratic primaries, but mostly through aides rather than in her own voice. A recent <em>Axios<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/03\/kamala-harris-no-comment-strategy\">report<\/a> labeled her the &ldquo;no comment candidate.&rdquo; Asked how she voted on a California ballot initiative that would stiffen criminal penalties for shoplifting and drug trafficking, for example, she replied, &ldquo;I am not gonna talk about the vote on that because, honestly, it&rsquo;s the Sunday before the election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2586753\/these-eight-states-will-likely-decide-who-wins-the-2024-presidential-election\/\"><strong>THESE EIGHT STATES WILL LIKELY DECIDE WHO WINS THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">vice president delayed major media interviews<\/a> after replacing Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket and did just one confrontational sitdown on Fox News. The benefit of this strategy has been to avoid giving Republicans easy opportunities to attack her as too liberal, but it comes with the risk of voters feeling as if they don&rsquo;t know her. The progressive base is also more restive than in 2020, with Israel&rsquo;s war in Gaza especially creating fissures among Democrats. Harris, like many Democrats in competitive Senate races this year, is attempting to tack to the center.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, by contrast, is running more of a base turnout strategy. He has attempted some crossover appeal to anti-establishment former Democrats. A late campaign ad showcases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a>. former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">RFK running mate<\/a> Nicole Shanahan and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> alongside Trump running mate Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) and former GOP presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-ramaswamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a>. Pro-Trump social media accounts depict the five of them and the former president as the Avengers.<\/p>\n<p>In the closing weeks of the campaign, Trump has sought to rally his hardcore supporters and these new disenchanted progressive converts with little emphasis on conservatives who might like his policies but disapprove of his temperament and judgment. That task fell to former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in a Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/trump-isnt-perfect-but-hes-the-better-choice-says-nikki-haley-presidential-election-b343f6ab\">op-ed<\/a> for the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Millions of people love Donald Trump, and millions hate him,&rdquo; Haley opened. &ldquo;Each group will vote accordingly.&rdquo; She mentioned the Jan. 6 Capitol riot prominently in her list of Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;excesses.&rdquo; But, she argued, the race isn&rsquo;t just a referendum on Trump, as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3205719\/harris-to-frame-campaign-referendum-trump-not-her-or-biden-in-ellipse-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Democrats would have it.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t agree with Mr. Trump 100% of the time,&rdquo; Haley wrote. &ldquo;But I do agree with him most of the time, and I disagree with Ms. Harris nearly all the time. That makes this an easy call.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Haley spoke at the Republican National Convention, but she hasn&rsquo;t at this writing appeared with Trump on the campaign trail. Trump has not made appealing to current and former Republicans who are wary of him a major part of his closing argument, courting controversy with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3214040\/trump-slams-media-hoax-liz-cheney-war-hawk-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Liz Cheney chickenhawk remarks<\/a> that were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3212761\/trump-war-hawk-comments-cheney-firestorm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">widely misconstrued<\/a> as a call for the Harris-supporting ex-GOP lawmaker to face a firing squad.&nbsp;He has not kept quiet and let his ads or the seemingly GOP-friendly national environment do the talking for him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has instead kept up a busy rally schedule, cultivating his close emotional connection with his supporters and engaging in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3206645\/pros-cons-trump-political-showmanship\/\">displays of political showmanship<\/a>. Harris can&rsquo;t match those kinds of performances, but neither can he come close to her rigid message discipline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The two candidates go into Election Day tied in the national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-harris\"><em>RealClearPolitics <\/em>polling average<\/a>. Trump has his best chance of winning the popular vote in his three presidential campaigns, while Harris&rsquo;s backers were buoyed by a shock <em>Des Moines Register <\/em>poll that showed the Democratic nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3214550\/harris-leads-trump-in-iowa-by-3-points-poll\/\">ahead in Iowa<\/a>, which would support the idea that white anti-Trump voters can deliver her the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>On the eve of Election Day, the campaigns reflected their different approaches. &ldquo;We believe this race is going to be incredibly close,&rdquo; Jennifer O&rsquo;Malley Dillon, Harris campaign chairwoman, told reporters, emphasizing that vote counting could drag out in some states. &ldquo;We are very focused on staying calm and confident throughout this period as the process goes through.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Donald J. Trump is going into Election Day stronger than he has in any previous election and if patriots across the country keep the momentum and out as expected on Election Day, we will be swearing in President Trump in January,&rdquo; Trump campaign official Tim Saler wrote in a memo released on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The campaigns are channeling their candidates, with Trump and his team blustery while Harris and hers are cautious. Soon we&rsquo;ll see which of them has read the electorate correctly.&nbsp;<\/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_1870897\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1870897\"}});<\/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 and Trump pursue starkly different strategies for the White House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2364185,"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\/11\/when-will-we-know.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32431,4021,36270,3634],"class_list":["post-2364184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-2024-election","tag-harris","tag-political-strategies","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/when-will-we-know.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364184","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\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2364184"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2364188,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364184\/revisions\/2364188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2364185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2364184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2364184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2364184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}