With only weeks left until Election Day, Harris can go from underdog to frontrunner by winning over working-class and anti-war voters.

Key Takeaways:

  • Kamala Harris’s underdog narrative: Harris frames her campaign as an underdog, despite polling better than Biden did before dropping out.
  • Close race dynamics: The election is tight, especially in swing states, with Harris underperforming in key demographics compared to Biden’s 2020 performance.
  • Trump’s flaws: Harris critiques Trump for his presidency’s economic policies, handling of the pandemic, and attacks on immigrant communities.
  • Voter demographics: Harris struggles with voters of color, young voters, seniors, and union workers; Trump has significant working-class support.
  • Arab American voters: Support for Harris has declined due to her stance on Gaza and unconditional support for Israel, leading to a potential loss of Arab American voters, especially in Michigan.
  • Policy shifts needed: The article argues Harris should adjust her stance on Gaza, support a ceasefire, and condition U.S. arms to Israel, which could sway Arab American voters.
  • Economic populism: Harris is encouraged to focus on class-warfare rhetoric and pro-working class policies, such as a $15 minimum wage, capping drug costs, and expanding Social Security, to win over lower-income voters.
  • Youth voter engagement: There’s concern about low youth voter turnout and lack of outreach to young people of color, which could affect the election outcome.
  • Final campaign stretch: Harris is urged to take bold steps on economic issues and appeal to working-class voters, similar to Biden’s approach in 2020, to secure victory in key states.
  • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
    129·
    1 month ago

    Deflection rather than acknowledging that one candidate is a blood-thirsty psychopath who sees an entire population as nothing more than a problem he wants to go away? Yeah I’m not the one who has a problem with reality.

    • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world
      31·
      1 month ago

      You’re not one for self awareness or rational discourse, are you? Comment thread summary up to this point:

      Them: Initial claim
      You: Deflection - responds with counter-argument instead of addressing original claim
      Them: Objection to textbook deflection
      You: Claim - their objection to your deflection is the real deflection

      This is what happens when you learn to argue from television.

    • TheOubliette@lemmy.ml
      53·
      1 month ago

      The irony. My last response was simply calling out deflection and telling you what it means in the face of genocide. You apparently believe that your deflections are topic changes and my refusal to engage with this playground logic is “deflection”. Though of course we know it is because you cannot engage with the original point.

      Please stop carrying water for gemociders. Your whataboutism lesser evilism is tacot support.

      • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
        23·
        1 month ago

        Really now? So you’re just going to pretend that the current issue is completely the fault of the Biden administration? You’re going to pretend that Republicans aren’t also sitting in Congress continually voting in favor of the these funds and weapons? And you’re going to pretend that Trump hasn’t already pledged to make things so much worse?

        Your only goal here is to constantly point out that Biden is doing bad things and convince others to not vote for Harris. Which means your goal is to convince voters to vote in support of Trump, or not vote at all which still provides a boost for Trump. You pretend that you care about what is happening to Palestinians and yet your thinly-veiled goal is to support a candidate who wants to makes things MUCH worse for their whole country. You argue that anyone who doesn’t see things your way is arguing in favor of genocide and keep trying to convince others that I have no interest in discussing the subject, yet here I am time after time directly discussing what the future could hold, but you yourself refuse to engage with anyone that won’t go along with your strategy to make Harris look like the worst choice possible. Yeah the current US policy is really bad, I’ve never once denied that. Maybe you should stop denying that allowing Trump back in office would be by his own words much much worse. An actual discussion means talking about both options, not continually screaming the same thing like a broken record while ignoring what the alternative could bring.

        • TheOubliette@lemmy.ml
          3·
          1 month ago

          [repeating your whataboutism yet again]

          Please do your best to engage in good faith and reply directly to what I am saying.

          Please do your best to stay focused instead of finding new ways to deflect or be wrong. In the spirit of this sentiment, I’m going to ignore everything else you said because it is not germane to my point - the one you keep trying to avoid.

          I would be more interested in entertaining your parroting of old and boring talking points were you not ignoring everything I say to you and trying to move attention away from genocide and support for it. You are now doing the work of light genocide deniers.