Journalist Mark Halperin was doing a live streaming event on the election this week when he said that he has looked at some ‘private’ polling, which I take to mean internal campaign polling. He claims Harris is “in a lot of trouble” in the swing states.
Halperin claims Harris has serious issues in Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Real Clear Politics provides a transcript:
HALPERIN: It’s not just Republicans, they have to pretend they can win the majority. They have to have a path to talk through.For you Harris people on here complaining that we’re talking about problems in the Harris campaign, you’re welcome to put your head in the sand about it. If you want to go watch MSNBC primetime and hear how great things are going for the Harris campaign, you’re welcome to do that. But if you want to understand what’s actually happening, we’re here to tell you, I just saw some new private polling today.That’s very robust private polling. She’s in a lot of trouble. Here’s how I framed it this morning in my newsletter. The conversation I’m having with Trump people and Democrats with data are extremely bullish on Trump’s chances in the last 48 hours, extremely bullish. You think of the seven battleground states, which ones is Harris in danger of losing? I would say Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia. I’m not saying she’ll lose all six, but she’s in danger.The only one that the Democrats say she’s not in danger of losing is the one I never say the name of because I can’t pronounce it, but it’s where Las Vegas is. You guys agree with me. She could lose any of those six.I mean, she could lose all seven, but Democrats will tell you they’re worried about those six. They’re less worried about the seven. I don’t know any Trump person who says they’re worried about losing any of the seven.
Watch the whole thing below:
This tracks with something Amie Parnes just wrote for The Hill:
Democrats start to hit the panic buttonDemocrats’ nerves are at an all-time high.Two months ago — even a month ago — they were feeling bullish about Vice President Harris’s prospects of defeating former President Trump.But now, with less than a month to go until Election Day, they’re increasingly worried about a number of issues plaguing the Democratic nominee’s campaign.On Tuesday, there was grumbling from some Democrats about the vice president’s interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”There’s also concern on everything from the static poll numbers in the race to the vice president’s messaging and even her standing with men — not just white men but Black and Hispanic men, too.
It’s hard to imagine the ferocity of the circular firing squad that will form among Democrats if Kamala Harris falls apart in the final stretch and loses the election. The people who forced Biden out of the race may have to go into witness protection.
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