Democrat pollster and strategist Doug Schoen appeared on the Ingraham Angle on FOX News this week and said that the ‘Blue Wall’ of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan is ‘eroding’ for Kamala Harris. He also does not think Harris was helped by her interview with Bret Baier.
This is one of the biggest fears for Democrats who remember that Donald Trump won all three of these states in 2016.
The Washington Examiner has details:
Democratic strategist Doug Schoen claimed the Democratic Party is experiencing “disorientation on the ground,” listing swing states like Pennsylvania and Michigan where trouble is brewing.Harris’s campaign is experiencing complications roughly three weeks before Election Day. Schoen stated these reports are “a very bad sign” and that what he has heard from his Democratic friends and sources are confirming these reports.“The so-called blue wall of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania is eroding for the Democrats,” Schoen said on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle. “There is a level of disorganization on the ground, and incoherence, vis-a-vis the messaging that is clear, and what I’m picking up is that the Harris campaign really doesn’t have a closing message or strategy as we, I think, saw in Bret Baier’s interview with Kamala Harris.”Schoen also discussed another problem Harris has failed to address in her campaign, being that she has not provided “a coherent plan” to lead the nation in a different manner from President Joe Biden. Harris was asked in her interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier about polling data indicating that 79% of respondents believe the country is on the wrong track, prompting Harris to respond that “Donald Trump has been running for office.”
Watch the segment below:
Schoen has been predicting that Harris would sputter out for a while now.
Three weeks ago, he and pollster Carly Cooperman wrote this at The Hill:
Kamala Harris’s surge may not be built to lastIn a truly unprecedented presidential election, one of the most-discussed phenomena has been the immense and rapid outpouring of support that followed Vice President Kamala Harris’s elevation to the top of the ticket following President Biden’s withdrawal.As we wrote in early August, almost immediately after Harris secured the nomination, polls began reflecting a “Harris surge.”However, the caveat we noted was that, while there was genuine enthusiasm for Harris’s candidacy, particularly among key Democratic constituencies, it was just as likely that what polls were showing was a honeymoon period, as opposed to a genuine, sustainable surge.Now that Harris has been the Democratic nominee for two months — and with less than 50 days until Americans cast their vote — it is legitimate to ask whether or not the “Harris surge” will last.There are two principal reasons for these questions. First, Harris’s support in the polls has plateaued over the last two months, with no real shift in the race. This despite an impressive debate performance and more time to introduce herself to voters.Second, although Harris has undoubtedly driven support and enthusiasm among Democrats, it is a lot less clear that she has made inroads with independents or swing voters. Virtually all of Harris’s polling gains are due to Democrats. This leaves the possibility that polls are simply reflecting the support of voters who would, in all likelihood, have voted for a Democrat regardless.
If Harris does end up losing all of the ‘Blue Wall’ states, it’s very difficult to see how she makes it to 270 votes in the Electoral College.
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