Former President Donald Trump appears to have retaken his lead in polling after an initial surge in support for Vice President Kamala Harris following President Joe Biden\u2019s decision to end his reelection campaign in July.<\/p>\n
Harris has enjoyed a solid month of favorable reporting in most mainstream media outlets \u2014 all of which lean to the left on their editorial pages \u2014 while Trump\u2019s coverage has been proportionally negative. According to Axios<\/a>, previous polling by the Cook Political Report published last week showed Harris leading Trump in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Similarly, a New York Times\/Siena College poll<\/a> released last week found Harris with a narrow lead in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n However, a more recent survey by Navigator Research, published Tuesday<\/a>, indicates that the race is essentially tied in Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Individually, Trump leads Harris by one percentage point in Arizona (46% to 45%) and by two points in Pennsylvania (46% to 44%), while the other three states are in a dead heat.<\/p>\n The Navigator survey is consistent with the\u00a0RealClearPolitics Polling<\/a>\u00a0average of battleground states, which also includes Nevada and Georgia.<\/p>\n The vice president is performing better in the battleground states than Biden did before he exited the race last month. Prior to Biden\u2019s departure on July 21, Trump had held a lead of over 4 percent across the seven states in the RCP average, with his advantage widening as the announcement approached.<\/p>\n A co-founder of a major super PAC supporting Harris turned heads on Monday after suggesting that her polling numbers are being overstated.<\/p>\n Reuters\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that Chauncey McLean, president of Future Forward, a super PAC that has raised hundreds of millions to support Harris this election cycle, spoke on Monday at an event in Chicago associated with the Democratic National Convention.<\/p>\n \u201cOur numbers are much less rosy than what you\u2019re seeing in the public,\u201d said McLean, who rarely speaks in public.<\/p>\n According to McLean, Kamala Harris gained a lot of support from young voters of color after Biden withdrew, which has revived Democratic prospects in Sunbelt states like Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina\u2014states that Democrats had largely dismissed in the final days of Biden\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cShe has multiple paths,\u201d with seven states in play, he said, according to Reuters. He added that voters want more details about her policy positions, according to internal polling. He asserts that voters are not interested in \u201cwhite papers\u201d or empty platitudes. Instead, they want concrete examples of how Harris might differ from Biden and how she plans to improve their economic situation.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have [the race] tight as a tick,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, CNN contributor and former Obama administration official Van Jones expressed concerns on Monday that despite a month\u2019s worth of fawning mainstream media coverage and avoiding a former press conference, the best Harris has done is remain essentially tied with former President Donald Trump in states they both need to win.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t wanna be tied. I don\u2019t like being tied with Donald Trump because we\u2019ve had now 20 plus days of positive press. He\u2019s been falling down the stairs, slipping on banana peels and poking himself in the eyeball. We should not be tied. We want to pull ahead,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThat\u2019s our opportunity this week.\u201d<\/p>\n Former Trump advisor David Urban said Jones made a crucial point that despite Harris\u2019 campaign being \u201cflawless\u201d thus far, the campaign is still close.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s scary,\u201d Jones responded. \u201cThat\u2019s scary. We gotta go.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re doing the best they can, and it\u2019s tied. That\u2019s really important,\u201d Urban asserted.<\/p>\n According to a Monday Media Research Center study, Harris and her running mate received \u201c82% positive press\u201d while Trump and his running mate were subjected to \u201c90% negative coverage\u201d on ABC News, CBS News, and NBC News evening broadcasts from July 21 to August 17.<\/p>\n The post Harris\u2019 Lead Vanishes, Hit Hard by Polls as Trump\u2019s Momentum Takes Over<\/a> appeared first on Conservative Brief<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former President Donald Trump appears to have retaken his lead in polling after an initial surge in support for Vice President Kamala Harris following President Joe Biden\u2019s decision to end his reelection campaign in July. 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