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Dem lawmaker sounds alarm Kamala is ‘underwater’ in key battleground state

September 30, 2024 | | Print Article

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) broke very bad news to supporters for Vice President Kamala Harris, telling them that her numbers are “underwater” in pivotal swing state Michigan.

Axios scooped the story and is sure to send shock waves through the Democratic Party this close to Election Day.

“I’m not feeling my best right now about where we are on Kamala Harris in a place like Michigan,” Slotkin stated on Wednesday during a virtual campaign event with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), according to Axios.

“We have her underwater in our polling,” Slotkin lamented.

Michigan is seen as a key swing state in this election and both Republicans and Democrats are treating it as a high priority in their campaigns. Winning the state would be a major step toward the 270 needed electoral votes to win.

“The campaigns are eyeing multiple paths to victory, but if Trump sweeps the Sun Belt, he would need just one Blue Wall state to put him over the top,” the New York Post reported. “Harris would have to win the states Biden won in 2020 for an easy path, including Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.”

“The 45th president won Michigan in 2016, but lost narrowly by 2.78% to President Biden,” the outlet recounted.

“Polls show Harris slightly leading in the Wolverine State, with RealClearPolitics averaging her lead as 48.9% to Trump’s 47.5%. The latest New York Times/Siena poll has her up by only one point – 48% to the former president’s 47%. But a recent poll from Atlas Intel has Trump leading by four points: 51%-47%,” the New York Post noted.

Former President Trump’s campaign team has deployed Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) to campaign in Rust Belt states such as Michigan and he is definitely drawing attention. With a debate set for Tuesday evening against Harris’s running mate Tim Walz, everyone knows Michigan is hanging in the balance. If Walz bombs, it could cost his party big time.

“Both Harris and Trump have made appeals to restore American manufacturing and have courted the union vote — a factor that pushed Biden above Trump in 2020,” the New York Post continued.

The difference this time is that it appears many union voters are swinging to Trump.

“Michigan was a headache for Biden’s campaign as anti-Israel protesters threatened to vote ‘uncommitted’ if he didn’t change his policies in the Israel-Hamas war. Harris was interrupted by protesters in August in a test exchange, but hasn’t had the same presence of protesters on the campaign trail that Biden experienced,” the media outlet recalled.

The media is spinning the issue that Slotkin’s warning may be a fundraising tactic. But Harris’s campaign is not commenting on Slotkin’s words and this close to an election it would seem foolhardy to seed doubt about a win.

“Polls also show an extremely tight race in Georgia, Nevada and Arizona,” The Guardian reported.

Despite leftist polls claiming that the race between Harris and Trump is essentially tied, many are claiming that the former president is actually leading Harris. If you look at the size of his rallies as an indicator, that has the ring of truth to it.

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