Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, is showing better results so far in her race against Donald Trump than US President Joe Biden, according to different polls.
The Emerson College poll shows former President Trump leading in four critical states, Arizona 49% to 44%, Georgia 48% to 46%, Michigan 46% to 45% and Pennsylvania 48% to 46%, but Trump and Harris separated by 47% in Wisconsin.
Therefore, Harris is ahead of Biden in the Emerson poll conducted earlier this month in each of the five states. The latest survey of registered voters took place on 22-23 July, and its confidence interval for each state was plus or minus 3.4%.
The New York Times/Siena College national poll of 1,142 registered voters nationwide (3.3. percentage point margin of error) also confirmed Harris’ better performance against Biden, but Trump still leads by two percentage points, 48% vs. 46%, among registered voters. Despite, Trump previously leading Biden by eight percentage points, 49% vs. 41%, in a poll conducted three weeks ago.
Attacks on Kamala Harris online, by Republicans
The number of online attacks on Harris increased even before Biden pulled out of the race on Sunday, although exact figures are hard to come by, according to Reuters. Some of the latest posts refer to sexual acts and talk about Harris’ past relationships in lewd terms. Others disparage her for not having biological children, as she has two stepsons from her husband, attorney Doug Emhoff.
The researchers of misinformation claim that online attacks appear not to emanate from any particular epicentre and are now so widespread that most messages are simply amplifiers of pre-existing narratives. According to rhetoric experts, critics and past opinion polls, Trump’s provocative rhetoric has given people with racist beliefs the courage to speak out. In the eyes of rhetoric experts, critics and opinion polls, Trump’s provocative rhetoric has given people with racist beliefs the courage to speak out.
Despite, in interviews with nine Republican lawmakers and 11 black Republican women who support Trump, eight said personal attacks on Harris should have no place. While they were careful in their comments and emphasised their continued support for Trump, some expressed concern about the tone of the attacks and whether the attack could hurt Republicans in the election.
Others said the attacks on Harris‘ personal life are no different than Democrats’ attacks on Trump over his personal and family life. The tensions suggest that the Trump campaign’s efforts to link Harris to the activities of President Joe Biden, particularly on immigration, crime and the economy, risk being overshadowed by personal attacks that don’t appear to be about to abate.
