Harris Campaign Dogged By Same Issues That Hounded Biden
Changing the name at the top of the ticket doesn’t change everything.
“Will Harris’s massive fundraising spree actually help her?” wondered Nicole Narea and Sean Collins for Vox last week. “Harris trounced Trump in August fundraising. Can she translate that into votes?”
“That money goes toward supporting staffers and field offices across the country; ads across television, newspapers, radio, and social platforms; polling and research; as well as voter outreach through rallies, door-knocking, and more,” they noted.
On the ground in some key states, the Trump campaign has a big start on Harris.
“Inside the Trump Campaign’s Hidden Ground Game,” revealed Vivian Salama for the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2024.
“Republican nominee’s get-out-the-vote effort has been shrouded in secrecy,” began Salama. “Behind the scenes, campaign strategists have been revamping what they viewed as an inefficient, bloated, and antiquated Republican ground-game model.”
“They argued that trying to play catch up with the Democratic canvassing machine, which has long had vast resources and is deeply rooted in states across the country, was a losing game,” she added. “Now the GOP is focused on efficiency, not the size of the operation.”