Kamala Harris ends poll bleeding among Democrats as ‘weird’ Vance attacks start to stick
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The campaign woke up on Monday morning to a pair of new polls from ABC News and the Wall Street Journal indicating what many had suspected for days: Kamala Harris has now completed a virtual reset of the presidential race’s dynamic, erasing months of bleeding suffered by the campaign when Joe Biden was at the top. open image in gallery Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a rally in Wisconsin on July 23, two days after becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for president And better news for the Harris campaign was found in ABC’s survey data: the rhetoric labelling JD Vance “weird” and misogynistic is working in the wake of unearthed video in which Vance berates childless Americans and argues they should have less of a say at the ballot box. “Vance is making history as the most disliked VP nominee post-convention that our country has seen in decades.” open image in gallery JD Vance speaks at a campaign rally in his home state after being nominated as Donald Trump’s running mate But the most important metric for the vice president continues to be enthusiasm among members of her party, who were seen to be morose and fatalistic about the president’s chances before he dropped out of the race last Sunday. Harris’s campaign announced a “week of action” focused on abortion rights on Monday as the state of Iowa saw a six-week abortion ban take effect.