What are Kamala Harris's chances against Donald Trump?

Dan explains how he currently views Harris's chances in the race after the first few days of her campaign.

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[samanthan.]

Far exceeding Dan’s expectations is pretty high kudos! I was hesitant about Harris at first but when I saw her on stage and heard her message, I was sold. She is a unifier!

[eleanor]

At first I was scared when Biden announced he was dropping out I was very scared and I cried but within an hour after seeing all of the support Kamala had and all the money she raised I quickly lost all fear and feel 100% confident she's going to beat Trump

[MartyAckerman]

She hasn't even really started campaigning. She's gonna poll better and better. Trump's never going to poll better than he has right now coming out of the convention and ear wound.

[andreaharbert]

The swell of organic support she had created in 5 days is amazing. Imagine when she really gets going! So happy to have her firing up the party. Feeling hopeful.

[MissPYT]

I feel like she is what we needed right now and didn’t even know it until she showed us. What worked against her in 2020 is a winning 2024.

[tbijzxy]

Dude I think you are so wrong
I'm 75 and even JFK didn't have a reaction like this from the grass roots people. Harris is on fire. With the issues at stake, women will fight for our rights like never before. We won't go back. Do not underestimate us! This is not as much about the candidate as it is about our country and democracy.
I'm voting Harris 2024. My family is voting Harris 2024. That is 4 here is the state of Ohio. And I know others who are fed up as well

[lisaahmari]

My gramma was a dem from 1939 to 1960, then switched to Republican. She was ecstatic to vote for Obama....and now she is ecstatic to vote for the first WOMAN president. She also said she hopes Kamala picks Pete so that she can also vote for our first GAY V.P. She was very conservative and not open-minded when we were growing up...but she has evolved and is beyond amazing. Never underestimate the power of people wanting to do the right thing for the history books....even if it is silently, in the privacy of a voting booth.

[eileenegger]

She will draw women, youth as well as black men & women. Every time she speaks I’m more impressed.

[StaceWah]

The less a candidate has to rely on speechwriters, the more comforting it is. They have very smart people writing for them, but sh!t it feels good when you know they can just open their mouth and be compelling ❤

[yeadifferencemakers]

Voting Kamala in the Red State of Florida… Who is with me? 💙💙💙

[tlowe]

VOTE 🗳💙all the way down the ballot.
💙🌊💙🌊💙👍🏻👍🏿👍🏾👍🏽👍🇺🇸🗽🌎

[aliceanneacts]

Polls aren’t going to include newly registered voters as “likely voters” because they’ve never voted before, but if they registered for this election, they are actually likely voters…
Work as if the polls are right; hope and keep going as if the polls are wrong.., (wrong as in under counting democrats)

[Junksaint]

She's very articulate and energetic, now she just needs to pick Mark Kelly, the astronaut, as VP.

[stephen_sezs]

I think the unforeseen upside of Biden dragging his feet to exit was building our desperation. Once it boiled to a breaking point and Harris stepped in, the dam broke. Let’s keep up the momentum.

[Awesomebotics]

What are they going to do about burying the speech where she said those gen z kids are stupid and "that's why we put them in dorms*?

[reneeodayok]

Lmao. You act like you were born yesterday bruh

[firetiger]

Well you just have to look at the significance of the passage of time and try not to fall out of any coconut trees

[ACiDGRiM]

How much are you being paid or what special access do you get to say something so assinine. Camela has a long history of speaking circular platitudes with 0 substance, let alone being hip with the kids.

[kosmokramer]

She represents the people by people I mean a hand full of billionaires who control her

[davet]

Economically better more freedom and less war Trump opposite Kamala