Kamala Harris Overhauls Donald Trump, Gains 23 Points: Poll

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Source: Newsweek

Kamala Harris has gained 23 points in a new poll, leaving her 9 points ahead of Donald Trump.

A poll questioning independents, carried out by NPRS/PBS News/Marist, found that 53 percent supported Harris and 44 percent backed Trump.

This 9-point lead is a huge jump from the 14 points she was down in Marist's July poll, which found 46 percent of independents for Trump and 32 percent for Harris.

The August survey, published on Tuesday, was carried out among 1,613 adults between August 1 and August 4 and has a disclaimed margin of error of +/- 3.4 percentage points. The July survey questioning 1,309 adults was carried out on July 22 and has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-poll-independents-donald-trump-1936028

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!

[Irish_Dem]

2. Good God.

I wonder if Trump feels the skid marks up his ass.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. They go with the yellow stripe down his back.

Matches, too. Dull yellow.

[Dem2theMax]

36. Good god, I wish you could hear the laughter that came out of me

when I read what you wrote!

[Irish_Dem]

41. It's just the visual that popped up in my head when I read the OP.

[unblock]

3. And Harris is pulling away in the betting markets

https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7456/Who-will-win-the-2024-US-presidential-election

Up by 11-18 points, depending on which variant you look at.

[Gaytano70]

4. Great news!

But I wonder why Newsweek chose the verb "overhauls" because I do not think it means what they think it means Maybe ChaptGPT wrote the article.

"Overtakes" perhaps? Even "overwhelms" would make more sense!

This has been a Grammer Nerd Minute 🤓

[Quakerfriend]

6. Yes, 'overtakes' would have been better! 😉

[CrispyQ]

8. Right? Like a car engine? Weird.

I've read some AI obits that are just fucked up.

[Gaytano70]

33. I teach English Composition...

Believe me, I *know* when a chat bot wrote a student's paper!
AI is weird 🤣

[TwilightZone]

13. Two possible reasons: 1) in British English, it means overtake someone...

and 2) overhaul in the car sense can also mean take apart. She has certainly taken him apart, of late.

[stopdiggin]

19. that one didn't give me pause at all

And pretty much born, bred and schooled ...

To 'overhaul' someone in a race - not that uncommon at all.

[Mysterian]

25. I'm 66 and I've never heard that phraseology before

Maybe I need to get out more.

[markodochartaigh]

37. I've never heard it either.

But, fam, I'm a salty boomer and I do be shook by the bros atm.

[COL Mustard]

39. When I was growing up in the South

It wasn't uncommon to say "I'm gonna overhaul that truck on the highway". People also say "Plug that up for me" when I would say "Plug that in for me". Regionalisms are funny.

[yonder]

43. Nice catch. I inferred the meaning from the context without drilling down.

My error, along with your attention is a good lesson to not get lazy with comprehension. Thank you.

The AI beasts are out there, just waiting and lurking to overhaul our humanity as we allow it.

[NoMoreRepugs]

5. I call Bullshit. The 2025 project and Rumps rapid mental decline have to

be changing voters opinions more than those numbers.

[TwilightZone]

7. Unlikely.

Those were already public knowledge when the July poll was taken. The obvious difference between then and now is that Harris is now front-and-center, so more people are aware of her and what she stands for.

[Kid Berwyn]

9. Prosecutor & Coach vs Felon & Couch

The more people know about her, the more people like her.

[PortTack]

12. Good one!!

[Kid Berwyn]

26. Wish I were sole author.

Rick Wilson, IIRC, coined Coach vs Couch.

Wanted to share as it’s very handy for summing things up.

[Justice matters.]

23. DUzy :D

Long bumper stickers material!

[Lonestarblue]

24. I haven't seen any estimates of how many people watched last night's rally on TV or streaming.

It was probably huge, and Harris and Walz hit a major home run with that rally.

[oasis]

11. Excitement, inspiration vs. dull, weird and dangerous.

[rurallib]

14. Don Old should respond with a new hair do

He just needs to freshen up that look a little

[PortTack]

16. Ya..he should start thinking about a new do...not a lot of personalized men hair stylists in prison!

[rurallib]

22. Maybe he could go with a bald look to take the spotlight off Tim Walz

[PortTack]

15. I'm not much on polls...but if those numbers are anywhere near correct...we are gonna win BIG!

[TwilightZone]

18. I normally don't bother with national polls, but this one was too significant to ignore.

It's also exactly what we need to have translate to the swing states. If SS polls show similar gains, we'll be in excellent shape in November.

[Oopsie Daisy]

20. I distrust them too... however, I'll happily promote good-news polls because the feed the narrative *

* that Harris/Walz is a winning team. Undecided voters (who, for whatever mysterious reason have no clue what's going on) will often choose who to support based on what others around them are doing. They want the "safe" choice and let others do their deciding for them. Everyone wants to support a WINNER!!

If Harris/Walz is viewed as a winning team (even if the polling org is less than stellar) then it benefits us to crow loudly about it as though the Clouds Above had parted ways and The Lord God had declared his preference.

[cstanleytech]

17. 🤔 In other words it's like....

With Harris as the Road Runner.

[twodogsbarking]

31. I remember when the movie theatre showed Roadrunner before the feature.

I am not making this up.

[EarthFirst]

21. I can imagine some small-minded MAGA attempting the math here...

“wHarE duH fu*K dEy gIt tWennY tReE fRUm?!”

[obamanut2012]

27. JFC

[crud]

28. The article mentions that overall she has 51 percent

I didn't see where they indicate tsf's number, but getting over 50 percent is kinda huge!

[TwilightZone]

29. He's at 48.

Here's another post with a different article and more data. Harris's numbers with white voters are very impressive.

https://democraticunderground.com/100219300616

[crud]

32. Thanks!

[TwilightZone]

30. Another post and article on the poll:

https://democraticunderground.com/100219300616

[surfered]

34. Great news! But we can't let our guard down!

[TwilightZone]

35. Agreed.

This is just the beginning.

[NBachers]

38. I wanna see her keelhaul him.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

40. You mean you want to see a rope tied around his waist, see him pushed over the side, drag him over the barnacles...

...which have accumulated on the hull since it was last drydocked and scraped clean, some of which will be razor sharp, pull him out of the water, up the side and onto the deck keelhauling?

[Scalded Nun]

42. This is wonderful. I love it...

when my side breaks above the 50% mark!!

Onward and upward!!

[Yonnie3]

44. Locking after an alert

Polls are analysis and belong in GD.

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