{"id":2629903,"date":"2026-07-15T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-is-running-against-democrats-socialist-vibe\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T07:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:49:09","slug":"kamala-harris-is-running-against-democrats-socialist-vibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-is-running-against-democrats-socialist-vibe\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris is running against Democrats&#8217; socialist vibe"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-is-running-against-democrats-socialist-vibe%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=2629903&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>an early assessment of the 2028 U.S. presidential race highlights two conflicting trends: Kamala Harris is currently the front-runner, leading the Democratic field by over 12 points in polls, frequently enough by significant margins, despite seeming out of step with her party\u2019s prevailing mood. While Harris is positioned as the establishment candidate, there is a rising anti-establishment wave within the Democratic Party, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >socialist-leaning candidates winning primary races<\/a> and some party insiders questioning her electability, especially given her narrow and unsuccessful 2024 campaign against donald Trump. Harris&#8217;s defeat in 2024, where she lost key battleground states and the popular vote, remains a concern for progressives, who view her as responsible for Trump&#8217;s resurgence. Additionally, her previous progressive stance in 2020 contrasts with her more moderate approach in 2024, raising questions about her ability to unify the party. The internal party dynamics are further complex by external issues like the Israel-Gaza conflict, which has damaged her support among left-wing activists. The political landscape may shift as the socialist movement within the Democratic Party is challenged by aging leaders like Bernie Sanders and potential new candidates, but whether Harris can maintain her frontrunner status amid a shifting party mood remains uncertain. the Democrats face a pivotal question: whether Harris can bridge the divide between establishment and progressive factions ahead of 2028.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An early look at the 2028 presidential race reveals two contradictory things: Former Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a> is the front-runner, and she is seemingly out of step with her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/4623595\/democratic-debate-is-over-the-left-won\/\">party\u2019s current mood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee, leads the hypothetical presidential field by 12.1 points, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/democratic-primary\/2028\/national\">according to<\/a> the <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> polling average. She is ahead in seven of the eight polls included in that average since May, often by double digits. The two most recent surveys, conducted by Quantus Insights and the <em>Financial Times<\/em>, show her clearing a third of the vote while no other Democrat breaks 20%.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4647702\/pete-buttigieg-keeps-2028-presidential-bid-on-table\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pete Buttigieg keeps 2028 White House bid on the table<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4646344\/gavin-newsom-nevada-trip-democrats-focus-winning-elections\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Newsom says Democrats must stop trying to \u2018win an argument\u2019 and start winning elections<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4641375\/newsom-swing-state-national-tour-2028\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Newsom kicks off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-defends-backing-socialist-candidates-calling-party-divides-healthy\/\" title=\"Newsom defends backing socialist candidates, calling party divides &#039;healthy&#039;\">swing-state road trip<\/a> as polls show support dipping<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, Harris would run as the establishment candidate as an anti-establishment wave is overtaking the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\">Democratic Party<\/a>. Outright socialists are beating entrenched incumbents and longtime elected officials in primaries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These two facts cannot coexist forever. One of these trends has got to give.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris\u2019s biggest problem is that she lost the 2024 presidential election to President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>. Losing to Trump is the No. 1 thing that makes progressives angry at Democratic leaders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris is the only Democrat to lose the national popular vote to Trump in three tries. She received 6.8 million fewer votes than former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a> did in 2020. She lost all seven battleground states, including Nevada, the only state in this batch that didn\u2019t go for Trump in either 2016 or 2020 and voted for<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-cllinton\/\"> Hillary Clinton<\/a>. With the exception of Biden, no Democrat is more directly responsible for Trump returning to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> than Harris.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats may be willing to give Harris a pass they didn\u2019t offer Clinton, John Kerry, Al Gore, or any of their defeated presidential nominees since Adlai Stevenson in 1956. (Stevenson then went on to lose to Dwight Eisenhower a second time.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris\u2019s circumstances are different, however. She had to replace Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket after he turned in a debate performance so bad that it raised questions about his stamina and cognitive abilities. She ran an abbreviated campaign, as she notes even in the title of her memoir, <em>107 Days<\/em>. She couldn\u2019t convincingly distance herself from Biden, who remained the incumbent president and reportedly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5191087-harris-trump-biden-harris\/\">insisted<\/a> there be \u201cno daylight\u201d between them. (Biden denies saying this.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some might be willing to give Harris a mulligan in this context. Trump came back from his 2020 defeat to win the presidency again, though many Republicans believed his frequent assertions that he didn\u2019t really lose, and Richard Nixon bounced back from his narrow 1960 defeat eight years later. Why not Harris?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disaffected progressives do not take such a magnanimous view of Harris\u2019s 2024 campaign. Losing to Trump also makes her ill-suited to make an electability argument against progressive primary opponents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darializa Avila Chevalier, the new Democratic congressional nominee who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4621941\/new-york-democratic-primary-13th-district\/\">upset <\/a>Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) in a primary, may be more representative of socialist sentiment on this subject. Among her deleted social media posts is one saying \u201cF*** Kamala Harris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though many of the movement\u2019s top elected officials <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-defend-biden-calls-drop-rcna162730\">actually<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/jul\/13\/bernie-sanders-biden-democrats\">defended<\/a> the big-spending Biden-Harris administration in real time, the socialists\u2019 theory is that corporate-friendly Democrats like Harris and the Clintons lost working-class voters and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4641805\/radical-socialist-democrats-pretend-blue-collar-allies\/\">only they can win them back<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also the matter of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>. The war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\">Gaza<\/a>, bitterly opposed by left-wing activists, unfolded on her and Biden\u2019s watch. This deflated progressive support for Harris in 2024 and has since emerged as a huge issue in Democratic primaries. Liberal Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) got blown out by 30 points practically on Israel alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris wrote in <em>107 Days<\/em> that she \u201cpleaded\u201d for Biden to show more empathy to the Palestinians. \u201cHe couldn\u2019t do it: while he could passionately state, \u2018I am a Zionist,\u2019 his remarks about innocent Palestinians came off as inadequate and forced,\u201d she concluded of Biden. But she wasn\u2019t a fan of pro-Palestinian hecklers on the campaign trail either. \u201cThe issue was not binary, but the outcome of this election certainly was,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former vice president has tried to mend fences here amid her outreach to left-wing activists. Some have their doubts. \u201cWhy should we trust her now?\u201d Palestinian American progressive strategist Rania Batrice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/01\/harris-mamdani-progressives-2028\">asked<\/a> <em>Axios<\/em>. \u201cIf this change is real, she has an opportunity to prove it. Until then, skepticism isn\u2019t just understandable, it\u2019s warranted.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 2020 election cycle, Harris ran for president as a progressive. She ran away from many of those positions in 2024, though often through anonymous quotes given by aides to news outlets. She runs the risk of looking absurd by adopting yet another political persona if she cozies up to her party\u2019s hard Left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s possible that in the aftermath of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/graham-platner\/\">Graham Platner<\/a>\u2018s implosion, the momentum has already begun to shift away from the socialists. But that seems like a risky bet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris could nevertheless catch a lucky break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/4645354\/lindsey-graham-death-trump-influence\/\"><strong>GRAHAM WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL, IF UNLIKELY, LEADERS IN TRUMP\u2019S WASHINGTON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The energy inside the Democratic Party is with the socialists. But Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) may be too old to run again. He was born before Biden and Trump. By Election Day 2028, he\u2019ll be 87. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is foreign-born and thus constitutionally ineligible to run. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) could decide to run for the Senate seat currently held by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do the socialists have a deep enough bench to beat Harris? If not, could she overcome the Democrats\u2019 vibe shift? Those are two big questions facing the party ahead of 2028.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2028 Race: Harris Leads but Faces Party Divisions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2629907,"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\/2026\/07\/kamala-harris-2028-vibe-shift.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32923,32438,37043,12428],"class_list":["post-2629903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democratic-party","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-debate","tag-socialism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kamala-harris-2028-vibe-shift.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629903","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=2629903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2629909,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629903\/revisions\/2629909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2629907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2629903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2629903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2629903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}