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BumRushDaShow

(143,394 posts)
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:52 PM Nov 3

Harris's team claims she's no longer the underdog, but Trump team scoffs

Source: Washington Post

Updated November 3, 2024 at 12:40 p.m. EST|Published November 3, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST


ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris has spent much of the past two months portraying herself as the underdog in the effectively tied race against former president Donald Trump.

In recent days, however, the Democratic presidential nominee and her top aides have struck a somewhat more optimistic tone in public, conveying to supporters and the media that they expect to win the race — albeit by narrow margins.

Trump’s campaign counters that the unusually large numbers of Republicans who have cast ballots early are a sign of the Republican nominee’s strength, and his aides have boasted that they remain on offense, with Trump visiting New Mexico and Virginia, two states that many observers believe are out of reach for Republicans, in the final week of the campaign.

But Harris’s significant financial advantage over Trump has allowed her to hire more staff, spend more on advertising and build a more robust digital and texting operation.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/03/will-kamala-harris-trump-win/



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Harris's team claims she's no longer the underdog, but Trump team scoffs (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 3 OP
Not a gift link for me BWdem4life Nov 3 #1
Did you click on the link in the comments section vs the OP one? BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #4
Comments section BWdem4life Nov 4 #6
Okay I know the feeling BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #7
Yeah, if the LONG LINES this past week and the recent Early Voting percentage numbers 4lbs Nov 3 #2
Per this article--all states appear so so so close. ....Thanks for gift article. riversedge Nov 4 #3
So Trump is a 'billionaire' but Harris has a "financial advantage" RazorbackExpat Nov 4 #5
Trump team scoffs IN PUBLIC YessirAtsaFact Nov 4 #8

BWdem4life

(2,485 posts)
6. Comments section
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 09:41 AM
Nov 4

But it worked when I tried it again just now with my phone instead of ipad. Not the first time this has happened with WaPo.

BumRushDaShow

(143,394 posts)
7. Okay I know the feeling
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 10:02 AM
Nov 4

of iPhone vs iPad interactions (although I don't use Safari on the iPad, I use a different browser - iCab Mobile)!

4lbs

(7,395 posts)
2. Yeah, if the LONG LINES this past week and the recent Early Voting percentage numbers
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 10:26 PM
Nov 3

are accurate,

She is definitely the favorite.

However, we cannot discount the "dark side" pulling anything to grasp their claws onto power again.

Must.... KEEP.... the VOTE... GOING !

Hammer the fucker! Into the ground! Into Dust! Orange.. pancake... dust!

RazorbackExpat

(190 posts)
5. So Trump is a 'billionaire' but Harris has a "financial advantage"
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 07:45 AM
Nov 4

That to me says a lot more average Americans support Harris.

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