Opinion
The race to define Kamala Harris is not yet won
Friday’s speech is a high-stakes opportunity for the Democratic nominee to introduce herself to voters yet to make up their minds in the midst of the shortest presidential campaign in modern history.
Ava KalinauskasResearch associateOn August 19, Kamala Harris told reporters, “I very much consider us the underdog. We have a lot of work to do to earn the vote of the American people.”
It might be unexpected to hear Harris describe herself as the “underdog” in the US presidential race. The Democratic nominee entered her party’s convention on a tidal wave of momentum. In just a few short weeks, she has erased Trump’s lead in the polls, broken fundraising records, and breathed life into an election that was flatlining barely a month ago.
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