To win, Harris should talk more about working-class needs and less about Trump

Dustin Guastella

Our polling shows that the best way to defeat Trump is offer a compelling economic platform that puts working families first Tue 22 Oct 2024 06.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 22 Oct 2024 17.13 EDT 252

The 2024 campaign has entered the final stretch and, as polls tighten, it seems Kamala Harris plans to lean into attacking Donald Trump as a threat to democracy.

Over the past week the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, the Washington Post, the New York Times and even the conservative National Review have all reported or commented on the messaging pivot. In a newly unveiled official campaign ad, a disembodied voice warns gravely that a second Trump term ā€œwould be worse. There would be no one to stop his worst instincts. No guard rails.ā€ At a recent rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Harris reminded her supporters of Project 2025, the ā€œdetailed and dangerous planā€ that she believes an ā€œincreasingly unstable and unhingedā€ Trump will follow to cement ā€œunchecked powerā€. She sounded the alarm about the dire threat Trump poses to ā€œyour fundamental freedomsā€ and how in his second term he would be ā€œessentially immuneā€ from oversight.

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    2 months ago

    She doesnā€™t care about you, though.

    Sheā€™s made that abundantly clear. Sheā€™s a capitalist.

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      2 months ago

      What are you talking about? Lol

      Most of her talking is about how sheā€™s going to help workers. But the media only focuses mainly on her focus on Trump, and thatā€™s fair because Trump is dangerous and itā€™s more exciting

      In Detroit in particular, she told people how she was going to help, whereas Trump was there telling the residents it was a craphole (but I donā€™t recall him saying why, or how heā€™d fix it. He was basically just telling them theyā€™re useless). Once Trump is gone, weā€™ll likely return to normal politics (even JD you can tell is trying to act normal, but heā€™s stuck defending Trump)

      The fact she got Walz as a running mate says a lot too.

      She is saying lots. Watch her second ā€œdebateā€ as an example (the one Trump didnā€™t show up at). You can tell that the people who asked questions were impressed with the answers.

      And unlike Trumpā€™s rallies, it wasnā€™t stacked with kamala supporters