Vice President Harris has shifted national polling in her direction since she replaced President Biden on top of the ticket. A new CBS News/YouGov survey even shows Harris with a 3-point lead nationally over former President Trump.
By any measure, she is winning the momentum game. But you know the infamous advice that any campaign operative will tell you: The worst thing a campaign can do is to believe it is winning. *cough 2016 cough*
Harris seems to understand this. She told reporters on Sunday that she considers her campaign the underdog of the election against Trump. “I very much consider us the underdog. We have a lot of work to do to earn the vote of the American people,” she said.
💡 Why this matters: This has become a very condensed campaign season. Harris is certainly riding the wave of enthusiasm from the newness of her campaign but still must translate that into battleground state votes.
📊 See The Hill and Decision Desk HQ’s Trump-Harris polling average
Tidbit from a campaign stop: Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff shopped for snacks at a Sheetz gas station in Pennsylvania. Emhoff found Doritos for Harris. “This is my go-to. The original, nacho cheese,” Harris said.
📹 Watch Harris shop in Sheetz
^ I love the local context: TribLive’s Ryan Deto noted that “Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are at the new Sheetz on University Ave in Moon, not to be confused with the old Sheetz on University Ave in Moon. So this is the Sheetz where the drive thru coffee place used to be, the one near the river.”
📸 Check out this week’s cover of The New Yorker
Oh hey, Tim!: The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Julia Terruso posted that “Gov. Tim Walz just made a surprise appearance at the Pa. delegation breakfast. He talked about his recent swing through western Pa. and got some boos when he brought up Sheetz.” 📹 Watch the clip
