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It’s Time For Democrats to be Nervous About Kamala Harris’ Chances.

She can still win, but there seem to be more and more reasons to be concerned.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readOct 10, 2024
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We all have it.

That feeling in the pit of our stomach, and right now for me, the one I’ve got when it comes to Kamala Harris is…not good.

Dismiss it as nerves, chalk it up to just a lack of confidence given what’s happened in the past, but the closer we get to the election I just can’t shake the feeling that it’s not going to end well for the Vice President and her campaign. Obviously considering it’s Donald Trump she’s running against I hope I’m wrong, but reports out there that others are beginning to grow stressed as well has done nothing to ease my nerves or frustrations.

Amie Parnes with The Hill writes:

“…There’s also concern on everything from the static poll numbers in the race to the vice president’s messaging and even her standing with men — not just white men but Black and Hispanic men, too.

Some of this perhaps can just be chalked up to normal Democratic nerves ahead of what looks like it could be among the closest presidential elections in history. Either way, it’s nerve-racking for Democrats.

“Everything is deadlocked and the…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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