A new report from Axios has revealed that top Democrats are secretly worried about Vice President Kamala Harris’s chances of winning the presidency, despite her being tied in the polls with former President Donald Trump. According to insiders, no matter what Harris does on the campaign trail, the left is frustrated that her image has not improved, despite spending a staggering $1 billion over the past three months on her rebranding.
The report, which cites Nate Silver’s comments on the matter, suggests that Harris’s team is facing a tough road ahead. Silver cautioned that his gut feeling about Harris’s chances of losing is not necessarily a prediction, but it highlights the growing concerns among Democrats about her campaign’s momentum.
Axios also notes that the left is already preparing a narrative to explain a potential Harris loss, which centers on the idea that racism and misogyny are too prevalent in American society to allow a woman of color to win the presidency. The report quotes an unnamed source as saying, “We can’t ignore the reality that no matter what Harris says or does, this country has never elected a woman president and only once elected a Black president… It’s never elected a Black woman.”
This narrative is likely to become a dominant theme in the event of a Harris loss, with Democrats arguing that the country’s deep-seated biases and prejudices were insurmountable obstacles for her campaign. The report concludes that Harris’s advisers believe that concerns about immigration and inflation, combined with the country’s complex racial and gender dynamics, make it a “lot to overcome” for her to win the presidency.
