Surprise Poll Exposes Hidden Trump Vulnerability Against Kamala Harris

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

To defeat Donald Trump, Kamala Harris must do far better among young voters than President Biden did. Guess what: An important new poll of young voters finds that Harris’ entry has dramatically shifted their preferences in her favor and against Trump. Which confirms a larger story: The Democratic-leaning constituencies who had drifted toward Trump now may be swinging to Harris, exposing a weakness in his previous support. We talked to John Della Volpe, an expert in the youth vote who conducted this poll, abut what’s driving all these shifts—and why they might enable Harris to triumph. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey Jack, I'm seeing your business everywhere. Have you got a new marketing person or something?
0:04.8	You could say I've got a new secret weapon for print. Print? Oh, Vista print, right? That's not a secret.
0:10.8	How did you know? Come on. Custom posters, branded mugs, stylish flyers. Only one place prints all that. Vista print.
0:17.7	Yeah, I got business cards, stickers, t-shirts, booklets, signage, even photo books from my last holiday.
0:23.2	Print everything for your business with VistaPrint.
0:25.9	If you need it, we print it at vistoprint.co.uk.
0:30.9	August is here, and that means that the weather and the election cycle are heating up.
0:36.3	The best way to beat the heat and stay up to date on the latest news from the U.S. election
0:41.2	to international breaking headlines is to become a DSR member and gain access to additional
0:46.9	content across our network in addition to other exclusive benefits.
0:52.2	Use code beat the heat to get 50% off of your membership and sign up today at the
0:57.4	DSR network.com slash buy.
1:00.7	That's beat the heat at the DSR network.com slash buy.
1:05.5	Now please enjoy the show.
1:26.8	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
1:33.3	If Kamala Harris is going to defeat Donald Trump, she will need to do far better among
1:42.3	young voters than President Biden did, which was abysmal.
1:46.4	Well, guess what? This week, an important new poll of young voters was released, and it found
1:51.3	that Harris's entry into the race has dramatically shifted their preferences in her favor and against
1:56.8	Trump. This gets at a larger story. One of Trump's key weaknesses all along has been that his
2:03.7	lead over Biden has been constituted largely among dem-leading voters whose support for Trump
2:09.3	appeared very soft and prone to reversing. This reversal is exactly what seems to be happening
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The New Republic, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The New Republic and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.