Who ever believed Kamala Harris should run for president while Liz Cheney, a past Wyoming representative, completely failed.  ,
Kamala Harris ‘ choice to run for president alongside Liz Cheney was a big mistake, it was obvious to the majority of us. While some may say that teaming up with a Republican may have helped enhance her appeal, little like RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Elon Musk’s help boosted Trump, it turns out Cheney’s support became a liability, not an advantage. According to a new Data for Progress poll, Cheney’s last-minute campaigning with Harris in key swing states actually backfired, reducing enthusiasm for the vice president among critical voter demographics.
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According to a new analysis from Data for Progress and the Progressive Change Institute, Pennsylvania and Michigan, Pennsylvania’s and Michigan’s crucial battleground states prioritized the economy over high prices. They heard more from Harris on economic issues than from Donald Trump, strengthening his reputation as the” change candidate.” They also saw him as more capable of addressing these issues.
In both polls, we questioned voters about how Harris ‘ campaign strategy affected their enthusiasm for her. Harris ‘ decision to support Cheney was the subject of one question, while Harris’s other one focused on pushing economic populist messages. Our findings suggest that Harris ‘ decision to partner with Cheney had the opportunity to spend more time focusing on her well-known economic message in the campaign’s final days.  ,
According to our polling, Pennsylvania Independents were 25 points more likely to support Harris in a campaign against economic issues than they were to support Harris. In Michigan, independents cast an 18-point swing in their support for Harris while campaigning for economic issues. In both states, 77 % of voters said Cheney’s campaigning with Harris had no effect on their enthusiasm.
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Even among the Democratic base, according to their analysis,” campaigning on economic issues increased enthusiasm to vote for Harris by 25 points in Pennsylvania and by 20 points in Michigan when compared to enthusiasm when campaigning with Cheney,” suggesting that Harris should have been his sole focus throughout the crucial final days as it boosted the base and attracted swing voters.
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The economy was the main concern for independents and Republicans, as anyone could have predicted, precisely because they were Kamala Harris’s target audience. The most crucial economic factors in their decision-making were high prices and inflation, with more than 80 % of independents in Michigan and Pennsylvania citing these issues as crucial. Harris ‘ decision to focus on campaigning with Liz Cheney in the final days was a clear failure, reducing voter enthusiasm in these crucial swing states.
These findings, according to Data for Progress, “underline how significant the economy and the economic pain of the past few years” were in shaping Pennsylvania and Michigan’s voter preferences. ” While Harris ran on a popular economic agenda, she was ultimately unable to convince voters that she, not Trump, would usher in the changes they wanted to see, lower prices, and challenge bad actors and special interests”.
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Amusingly, the left-leaning organization interpreted the results to mean that voters support progressive economic policies.
