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U.S. presidential election: Harris leads Trump in first poll taken since Biden quit (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her," the Reuters/Ipsos poll found. "The poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, followed both the Republican National Convention where Trump on Thursday formally accepted his party's nomination and the Biden announcement on Sunday he was leaving the race and endorsing Harris."

Harris led Trump 44 percent to 42 percent in the Reuters national poll. Though the difference was within the margin of error (3 percent), it's an improvement on a Reuters poll taken July 15-16, before Biden quit the race, which tied the Biden/Harris campaign with Trump at 44 percent.

Also positive for Harris: "When voters in the survey were shown a hypothetical ballot that included independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Harris led Trump 42 percent to 38 percent, an advantage outside the margin of error. Kennedy, favored by 8 percent of voters in the poll, has yet to qualify for the ballot in many states ahead of the Nov. 5 election."

It's also an improvement on a Reuters poll taken July 1-2, when Trump led Biden by one percentage point.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To be honest I was worried the US would be just too sexist and too racist for it to work but I am pleasantly surprised. Back when Hillary was running, we saw a lot of ugly stuff and I am sure they will try that again but somehow I don't think its is going to work as well at this point in time and with this candidate.

The felon has been throwing out vile crap continuously for years now and I think its impact has worn thin and he is weaker than he was. I feel confidant Harris will be much better equipped to fight back than Clinton was.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Clinton was kind of forced on the democrats, and they saw how Bernie- a serious contender- was railroaded out.

That, and a lot of voter apathy going- "no way will Trump win."

I feel a lot better about Harris than Clinton.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Bernie is such a cool dude. I really want to see a timeline where he became president

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Clinton did win the primary (even without super delegates), so “forced on democrats” is only true in a sense. She was certainly the preferred candidate of party leadership, and they did everything they legally could to help her win. Major center and center left news outlets also seemed to do everything they could to help her win.

But I don’t think harris is any better in that regard. She has not won a primary, Clinton at least managed to win the primary. Arguably Harris has been even more forced upon Democratic voters.

I suspect that this is going to become a huge issue and talking point later on.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well put, technically correct but viscerally wrong on every human regard. You sound like canned AI.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I wanted a primary, we didn’t get that, and the media is pushing Harris hype really hard right now, just like they pushed for Clinton.

To me, this feels like 2016 all over again, that’s MY visceral reaction. Fucking weird to accuse some one of being an AI because they disagreed with your assessment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

weird to accuse some one of being an AI because they disagreed with your assessment.

That's what a well trained AI would say...

Also, Vote Copilot 2028 🫣

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Nah, only because your sentence selection sounded canned, like I've seen the same sentences again and again by, you know.....bots.

So anyway, she was voted into office to take over if Biden died and no, there wasn't a primary for her but Biden is done and you gotta make the choice between a shit sandwich and a douche.

I get what you're saying.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I want to argue.... but I can't. You're right.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I daresay I’m feeling a little hope.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

Hell yes, the energy around the campaign has transformed overnight into an excited, hopeful one, rather than the constant feel of existential dread that everyone seemed to be steeping in until now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This isn't surprising to me.

The last few days have felt like Obama fever all over again, which is a good and a bad thing in my book.

It's good in the sense that Trump is way too Nazi-Adjacent for me to think his loss would be a bad thing. It's a bad thing because Harris, like Obama and Biden, will be a billionaire's president if elected, and the US will therefore become more fascist, not less.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How are they a billionaire's president but Trump wasn't? His cabinet singlehandedly undid more regulations and taxes on corporations than maybe any other.

Who are the billionaires? Cause it seems that Kamala is heavily against fracking, so I'm guessing not the oil billionaires?

Not trying to be dismissive, genuinely curious

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Plus the net worths of Trump's cabinet is basically the highest in history:

Betsy Devos (Education): $2 billion
Wilbur Ross (Commerce): $600 million
Steve Mnuchin (Treasury): $400 million

Linda McMahon is worth $3 billion but was "only" SBA administrator, not a cabinet secretary.

Jared Kushner is from a family whose net worth is in the billions between all of them, and he got his dad a pardon.

Let's not forget major donors like the Adelsons, the Kochs, and everyone else.

Yes, Democrats have some billionaires on their side, but the balance isn't even close.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Why does it not surprise me that Betsy DeVoss, sister to Black Water's Erik Price, is a multi-billionaire who singlehandedly undid more for education in this country. Awesome.