Enthusiasm among all voters has jumped significantly in recent weeks, Gallup poll finds; Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to sit for CNN interviewKamala Harris to give first big interview as nomineeWhat to know about the Harris-Walz CNN interviewGood morning, US politics blog readers. There’s no doubt that Kamala Harris’s candidacy has transformed the presidential race, with poll after poll showing her drawing even or overtaking Donald Trump in the support of voters nationally, and in the swing states expected to decide the election. Gallup reported this morning that enthusiasm among all voters has jumped in recent weeks, after Harris ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket and chose the Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, as her running mate. Among her party’s voters, enthusiasm has jumped to 78% from 55% in March, Gallup finds. Among adults overall, it’s up to 69%, from 54% over the same period – which Gallup notes is the highest level it has measured during a presidential election campaign. That doesn’t necessarily mean that Harris is poised for victory, since Gallup says overall enthusiasm came close to that level in 2004, a year when Democrats failed to retake the White House.Today is shaping up to be a big one for both Harris and Walz. They are sitting down with CNN in the afternoon for their first joint interview since launching their candidacy, and after weeks of mounting questions over why neither one has had an in-depth talk with reporters. Their conversation airs at 9pm ET, but we can expect to see excerpts released before then.Harris is continuing her bus tour of south Georgia, and will hold a rally in Savannah at 5.30pm.The controversy is building over reports of an altercation between Donald Trump’s staffers and an official at Arlington national cemetery during his visit there this week. The former president’s campaign hasn’t helped matters by sharing video of their trip on TikTok.JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, will reportedly address a firefighters’s union convention today, after Walz spoke to them yesterday. Continue reading…
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Author : Chris Stein
Publish date : 2024-08-29 13:17:18
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