Can Harris Rally As Election Nears?

With three weeks until Election Day, Harris is fighting bad polls, Biden’s shadow, and Trump’s gains among key demographics.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks alongside Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff before planting a pomegranate tree in the garden at the Vice President’s Residence, Monday, October 7, 2024, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel. (Official White House Photo by Oliver Contreras)

In three weeks, Americans will go to the ballot box to cast their votes. The polls say it is one of the closest elections in U.S. history.

While plenty of pundits, politicos, and pollsters are attempting to predict the unpredictable, most are willing to admit that no one has any idea who the U.S. is likely to elect in November.

There have already been tectonic shifts this election cycle. Demographic party loyalties are being tested, tribalism is running rampant, and plenty of people — on both sides of the aisle — seem convinced that life as we know it will cease if Trump/Harris is elected.

“The Known Unknowns of Election 2024,” intoned William A. Gladstone for the Wall Street Journal on October 15, 2024. “The gender gap seems wider than ever, while Hispanics and black men shift to Trump.”

“Kamala Harris leads by about 2 percentage points in national poll averages,” Gladstone explained patiently. “In nearly every swing state, the leading candidate is ahead by less than 1 percentage point.”

“Ms. Harris’s national support peaked in the week following her Sept. 10 debate with Donald Trump but has since fallen back,” Gladstone continued…