HOW MANY REPUBLICANS SUPPORT HARRIS AND HOW MANY DEMOCRATS SUPPORT TRUMP? There’s an odd number in the new New York Times-Siena College national poll of the presidential race. The survey found Vice President Kamala Harris with a 3-point lead, 49% to 46%, over former President Donald Trump among likely voters nationwide. The strange number concerned how many Republicans support Harris.
When asked for whom they would vote if the election were held today, 96% of Democratic likely voters said they would vote for Harris, while 3% said they would vote for Trump. That seems about right. Democrats are obviously enthusiastic about the Harris candidacy in a way they were not about President Joe Biden before a secretive group of party power brokers forced him out of the race.
But on the other side, the Republican side, just 89% of likely voters said they would vote for Trump, while 9% said they would vote for Harris. If you listen to the Harris campaign, you’ll hear talk about a wave of Republicans coming to their senses, abandoning Trump, and pledging their support to Harris. Yes, there have been a few prominent Republican or former Republican endorsements of Trump, such as former Rep. Liz Cheney and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney. But not that many in the big picture.
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