James Carville Explains His Wrong Prediction About The Presidential Election

LOADING ERROR LOADING Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville is once again admitting he was wrong about Vice President Kamala Harris defeating President Donald Trump in last year’s election, but is also now sharing why he was so convinced of a Democratic victory in the first place. The 80-year-old strategist argued in September that the race between Trump and Harris didn’t “feel” like one she would lose, and fully committed the next month to his prediction with a New York Times op-ed titled, “Three Reasons I’m Certain Kamala Harris Will Win.” Carville described one of those reasons as “just a feeling,” but was also wrong about his other two arguments — that Trump “is a repeat electoral loser” and that the Harris campaign had simply amassed too much money not to win the election. People had a reason to vote for Trump … people wanted some change.” Jame Carville wrote in a New York Times op-ed in October he was "certain" that Kamala Harris would defeat Donald Trump. Left: Raul E. Diego/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images; Right: Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images Carville pointed to Harris’ appearance on “The View” in October, when the Democratic nominee was asked if she would’ve “done something differently” over the past four years than then-President Joe Biden — and Harris said, “There is not a thing that comes to mind.” “She completely flubs it,” Carville recalled Wednesday. “Ever given.” Carville recently described Harris as a “seventh string quarterback” who shouldn’t have replaced Biden as the Democratic nominee.