"The poll shows that women — particularly those who are older or are politically independent — are driving the late shift toward Harris.”
"The poll shows that women — particularly those who are older or are politically independent — are driving the late shift toward Harris.”
The whole article is worth a read, I picked up on this in particular:
All you folks who are wondering why Harris was so eager to work with the Cheneys and other Republicans and move further to the center, this is why. That 5% probably makes up a good portion of the difference between this poll and prior polls (along with the 6% of Republicans there who woudl vote for neither.) Trump is trying to cast Harris as a far left, communist, radical choice. But when she is on stage with Liz Cheney, it shows everyone how absurd that characterization is.
If she does in fact win Iowa, and other states that weren’t considered toss-ups, it will be directly due to that outreach across the aisle.
Saying this again for those on the back that may not be listening.
Astutely put!
This is exactly why Harris (and Biden before her) was careful to emphasize MAGA Republicans as threats to American democracy and not the Republican party as a whole, while the GOP desperately tried to paint that as an assault on every Republican. There is a nonzero number of Republican voters who can be persuaded to put ideology over party- the question is, is that number high enough to swing the election? So far, the answer looks like “yes”.