A onetime campaign adviser for former President Obama predicted the coming election between former President Trump and Vice President Harris is going to be “incredibly close.”
“When you look at who the undecided voters are in this election, we’re down to like 5 percent,” said Jim Messina, Obama’s former campaign manager, during a Thursday appearance on Dana Perino’s Fox News program. “And the question is are some of these voters going to get out and actually vote.”
Trump was leading President Biden by a sizable margin before the president dropped out of the race last month amid growing concerns about his mental acuity and ability to defeat the former president following a disastrous debate performance.
Harris, who is expected to formally accept the Democratic nomination at the party’s convention next week, has had “the best four weeks in modern political history,” Messina said.
The vice president has closed the polling gap with Trump and will face a major test on Sept. 10, when she is slated to debate Trump head-to-head for the first time on ABC News.
“Democrats are thrilled where they are,” Messina continued. “This race is still just tied. This thing is going to be very, very close.”
The Hill/Decision Desk HQ polling index shows Harris leading Trump nationally by 1.5 points — 48.6 percent to 47.1 percent.