Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris hugging some republican partyAs she gains ground against Republican opponents, her old standby becomes her own Donald Trumppollster Frank Lenz said Tuesday.
Luntz said on CNBC that Harris “is taking a page from the Republican playbook.”scream box”.
What the political strategist meant was that, as a response to Vice President.
He praised Harris’ “important use of language,” noted her focus on small business issues and described herself as a capitalist. He also noted that her party emphasized freedom during its time in power. Democratic National Convention.
“If you just listen to these general statements, she actually sounds like a moderate Republican,” Lentz said.
“So the challenge for the Trump campaign is to stop these ongoing character attacks and challenge her on specific issues and her claims.”
“Because, let me tell you something, The latest New York Times pollshe is starting to break through,” he added.
A Times/Siena College poll released Tuesday showed Harris leading Trump nationally for the first time since the president was elected. Joe Biden Withdrew from the presumptive Democratic candidate election in mid-July.
The poll of 3,385 likely voters conducted from September 29 to Sunday showed Harris leading Trump by a slim margin of 49% to 46%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.
A previous Times/Siena poll in mid-September showed support for the two candidates was tied at 47%.
New polls show Harris’ growing support among older voters and Republicans.
For the first time, more respondents in the Times/Siena poll viewed Harris as the candidate representing change than Trump.
Lentz said he’s seen a similar shift to Harris’ in focus groups he’s tracked with undecided voters.
He said these voters were “broadly turning away from Joe Biden” before the president dropped out of the race.
But, Lentz said of her Sept. 10 matchup with Trump, “after the first debate, they turned to Kamala Harris.”
“Now they ask: Who told me the truth?”
Lentz also weighed in on Harris’ appearance on CBS News.60 minutes,” airing Monday night.
It “took a while,” he said, but Harris was now “getting tough interviews” and “being challenged.”
Since taking over the Democratic campaign, Harris has been criticized for shying away from impromptu public appearances and avoiding interviews with major media outlets.
But Lenz believes her “60 Minutes” interview flipped that script because Trump withdraws planned to appear on the same show and declined to debate Harris again.
“It’s Donald Trump who’s avoiding the debate,” Luntz said. “She deserves credit for that.”
Trump’s campaign initially claimed that negotiations with “60 Minutes” failed because the show insisted on conducting live fact-checking of Trump’s claims.
The campaign later insisted that Trump deserved but never received an apology from the show’s reporter, Lesley Stahl, for her handling of previous Trump appearances.
Luntz accused Harris of failing to provide specific details during her “60 Minutes” interview that she would fund her economic plan in part by ensuring the wealthiest Americans “pay their fair share of taxes.”
