There Might be A Silver Lining For the Trump Campaign to Cling to.

Lets talk about polling again.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readSep 19, 2024
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I think we’ve all come to understand that things are not exactly going well for the Trump campaign. Even if one doesn’t watch politics closely, it’s quite easy to come to the conclusion that things have shifted in momentum in ways it seems will be difficult for the Trump campaign to be able to change. It was almost like Kamala Harris becoming the nominee in place of Joe Biden sucked all the air out of his campaign, and the debate only made it worse.

That said, I suppose if you’re Donald Trump, his staff, or his supporters there is certainly a silver lining to look at.

Shane Goldmacher and Ruth Igielnik with The New York Times write:

“Kamala Harris overwhelmingly impressed voters in her debate with Donald J. Trump, a new set of polls from The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Siena College found, but she has failed so far to seize a decisive advantage in the presidential campaign.

The race is deadlocked nationally. Yet in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania, Ms. Harris has a lead of four percentage points — a slight edge that is unchanged since early August. She has reassembled much of the core Democratic coalition in the state, winning the support of Black…

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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