Kamala Harris takes 8-point lead over Trump for likability in swing states

https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-donald-trump-swing-states-poll-likability-1949623

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  1. When you keep spouting hate, it’s hard to be likeable amongst those who disagree with you.

  2. Likeability doesn’t win the race…. but that is okay because Trump has no policy to run on aside from what he’s already revealed since overturning Roe. Hell, I think he’s even recycling old promises from his 2016 campaign.

  3. If Harris doesn’t win by at least six points I’d be surprised.

  6. Out of fairness, Trump and JD Vance have won the blue ribbon for unlikability. Their jerseys have been retired.

  7. Trump will now claim he’s leading Harris by 16 points.

    >Overall, the poll showed Harris leading in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania…

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    > Vice President Kamala Harris took an 8-point lead over Donald Trump in terms of likability in key battleground states, according to a poll released Thursday.

    > "If the leads in these states hold up and the remaining states vote the same way they did in 2020, then Kamala Harris would win the electoral college vote by 276 to 262," he added.

    > In the critical states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, 43 percent of voters said they liked Harris a lot or somewhat, compared to 35 percent for Trump.

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  11. WTF is likeability? Does that mean votes? If it doesn’t who cares?

  12. Stop reporting like she is kicking his ass. It’s a toss up still in the four most important states and the odds of Trump winning overall are still way too close.

    People need to know that their vote is crucial. No matter where you live. Go vote blue all the way down. It’s the only way to undo the damage done to the country.

  13. >In the critical states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, 43 percent of voters said they liked Harris a lot or somewhat, compared to 35 percent for Trump.

    >At the other end of the spectrum, 41 percent disliked Harris a lot or somewhat, compared with 53 percent for Trump.

    So if you go with net likeability, then Harris is +2 and Trump is -18. Harris is a whopping 20 points higher on net likeability.

    Remember, there are three responses – “like, dislike, no opinion”. Harris is doing 8 points better on getting people to like her, but a stunning 12 points better on discouraging people from disliking her.

  14. How does this not translate to an 8 point lead in swing states?

  16. I wish liability translated to votes, but sadly that isn’t necessarily true.

    People know he is a hateful, rapist, fraud, felon, traitor in advanced mental decline….but they don’t care!!

  18. Trump? Unlikable?! But the Russians love, love, love him!!

  19. Means nothings. Electoral College is all that matters. Go vote. Remember 2016.

  20. Too bad likability doesn’t actually mean anything in the US election system. What’s the purpose of this nonsense metric? Is she really ahead when looking at the electoral college or not?

  21. In other news, Waingro from *Heat* and The Other Mother from *Coraline* lead Trump in likability.

  22. No complacency. Trump is ahead in the Electoral College. He can absolutely win this.

  23. My hope is that these polls aren’t even reaching the younger generation (they use regular mail, email, and sometimes phone calls but not usually because that’s expensive apparently) and that the polls are actually underrepresenting the left vote. Either way a study about polls in the 2022 elections found them to only be around 60% accurate anyway so they absolutely should not be trusted and people really just need to get out and vote, and more importantly convince others to vote.

  26. I really hope so but i am super skeptical of newsweek.  They seem overly opptimistic.

  27. Still won’t be enough. GOP is going to suppress votes and send fake electors.

  29. So then why have all the betting sites flipped to now favoring Trump last few days? What’s changed? 

  30. Since we are talking about this, how many of you have ever been polled for a presidential election?

    If so, were you truthful in your answer?

    I have never been surveyed, and there’s a big part of me that wants to lie and say I’m voting for trump if I ever am.

    Why? Not sure I can put my finger on it, other than it seems like the polls are basically a front for the gambling sites to adjust their odds. I hate how prominently they are released. Leaves a bad taste in the mouth

  31. Uh oh. Positive news for Harris. Time for someone to tell me it doesn’t matter and then to tell me to vote even though the election is still 2 months away.

  32. A lack of Trump signs only means they are ashamed to be associated with him but they will still vote for him unfortunately.

  34. Could you imagine if Trump won and then finally croaked or got removed for being senile… we would be left with President Vance. That should be a message Dems broadcast loud and clear. Nobody likes that tool, not even the Trump base

  35. Just saw on Late Night with Seth Myers, in his latest rally or interview he was telling the crowd that they don’t have to like him. They can hate him. But there is no way they can stomach voting for Democrats. And that is how the Republicans party has stayed in power while doing everything they can to hurt their constituency.

  38. At the end of the day something as simple as likeability will make undecideds to break for Harris at the last minute.

  40. Literally overheard a conversation while waiting to pick up a cell phone from the Verizon store:

    Customer, “Can I ask you a personal question? Who are you voting for?”

    Verizon Worker, “Trump”

    C, “Hell yeah!”

    Fist bump

    C, “You know I can’t stand to hear him talk, but his policies.”

  42. The math doesn’t math in these crazy times. “I like her better but I will still vote for him”

  43. There may not be a *real* race to get elected. Harris would be an easy to win. JD would never get voted in. Neither the irrelevant Kennedy. Trump did something really bad. Maybe even something that’s about to sundown. Beyond unclean hands. Think about him being a man that has to win the election. Has to. Trump’s reign will end with an October Surprise of all Surprises. Against him.

    *sp

  45. Followed a link:

    > Democrats are appealing to traditional conservatives

    One person, right now, could rewrite history and remake the GOP into his father’s across-the-aisle style of politics. And getting shit done. Jimmy McCain. He could announce tomorrow and the GOP would lose all wind as long as Jimmy McCain abolish any notion of speaking on any current Trump drama. It’s a new beginning. People are tired. Very tired. We want to make money. Pay our taxes. Feel reasonably safe, fed, and housed. You want a large portion of your population to feel safely comfortable, however they define it. If they want to leave their sliding door open all night, with the screen shut, for a breeze…there’s people who can’t even fathom doing that. People should feel safe enough to let a night breeze wander through the house.

  46. This slow crawl towards the election is KILLING ME. Let me vote Trump into prison already.

  47. Such a nasty party the democrats have become. Unable to speak on policy, unable to stand by their destructive decisions which have left us all worse than we were 4 years ago. We all feel it, we see the weakness and inability to speak about policies without spewing out your hatred for Trump. It’s funny really, Kamala Harris is the first candidate to be entirely created by the media. She has no record of accomplishments. Nobody voted for her. Her popularity was in the toilet just a few months ago. Nothing about her has changed except that now the media is pushing her to the people nonstop… we all see it and no one’s buying the bs any longer. She has done one pretend prerecorded and pre-scripted interview with walz, she’s hiding from the truth and we all see it. Fake polls and propaganda won’t work this time, the people are sick of it.

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