'the locked-in nature of this highly polarized contest'
9/2/24
from The Gray Area:
9/2/24:
The left wing media says Kamala Harris is surging with her 'joy vibe' and the right wing media says that honeymoon is over. Well, which is it?
Look around and you can find the data you need to support either position. But, remember, polls are made to persuade, not report results, feeling or trends.
The ABCNews/Ipsos poll says the race between Harris & Trump remains close, with no overall bounce in support for Harris out of her nominating convention, albeit with a wider gender gap. Trump, too, was bounce-free after his convention in July, indicating the locked-in nature of their highly polarized contest as it enters its final two months.
That is pretty accurate if you test these things against truth and reality.
A Daily Mail poll says when it came to the issues, more respondents said Trump would do better with handling the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as dealing with China, Iran and North Korea. They also gave him better marks on policies to help the economy and even suggested he would be more likely to propose bipartisan legislation to secure the border, even though he tanked a bipartisan border security deal earlier this year which Harris supports.
At the same time, Michigan voters said Harris would be better ... addressing climate change, legislation on reproductive rights, affordable housing and ensuring access to health care...
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