Former Obama Campaign Manager Calls Early Voting Numbers 'Scary' for Harris
According to former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina, Republicans possess a lead in early voting. For more details, read the full article at RT.com.
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Republicans “do have an advantage,” Jim Messina has acknowledged.
The early voting statistics for the US presidential election appear “scary” for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, according to Jim Messina, who managed President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign.
Messina made this observation during an interview with MSNBC host and former White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Sunday. “Early vote numbers are a little scary,” he admitted.
He noted that the supporters of Republican candidate Donald Trump have been significantly more engaged compared to the prior election cycle. “Republicans did not do what they did last time. Last time, Trump said: ‘Do not early vote,’ and so they did not. Republicans do have an advantage in early vote numbers. When the early vote comes in, it is going to look a little bit different than 2020,” he stated.
The early voting figures have prompted “lots of your friends and my friends to call me, panicking,” Messina told Psaki. Despite this, he emphasized that Harris' campaign has reasons to be “very, very happy.” He highlighted two key voting blocks that are anticipated to be “coming big” for the Democratic candidate.
Messina explained that women constitute more than half of the early voters, and noted that “in the past ten days, young voters in these battleground states are coming out in what looks to be... historic numbers.”
As per NBC’s data, 76.2 million mail-in and early in-person ballots have already been cast across the country. Among early voters, 41% are Democrats, 39% are Republicans, while the party affiliation of the remaining 20% is not specified.
In four out of the seven battleground states, more Republicans have voted early, with Arizona showing the widest gap at 42% to 33%. Additionally, NBC's figures indicate that 53% of early voters are female and 20% are aged between 18 and 39 years. Election Day in the US is on Tuesday.
Ian Smith contributed to this report for TROIB News
The early voting statistics for the US presidential election appear “scary” for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, according to Jim Messina, who managed President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign.
Messina made this observation during an interview with MSNBC host and former White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Sunday. “Early vote numbers are a little scary,” he admitted.
He noted that the supporters of Republican candidate Donald Trump have been significantly more engaged compared to the prior election cycle. “Republicans did not do what they did last time. Last time, Trump said: ‘Do not early vote,’ and so they did not. Republicans do have an advantage in early vote numbers. When the early vote comes in, it is going to look a little bit different than 2020,” he stated.
The early voting figures have prompted “lots of your friends and my friends to call me, panicking,” Messina told Psaki. Despite this, he emphasized that Harris' campaign has reasons to be “very, very happy.” He highlighted two key voting blocks that are anticipated to be “coming big” for the Democratic candidate.
Messina explained that women constitute more than half of the early voters, and noted that “in the past ten days, young voters in these battleground states are coming out in what looks to be... historic numbers.”
As per NBC’s data, 76.2 million mail-in and early in-person ballots have already been cast across the country. Among early voters, 41% are Democrats, 39% are Republicans, while the party affiliation of the remaining 20% is not specified.
In four out of the seven battleground states, more Republicans have voted early, with Arizona showing the widest gap at 42% to 33%. Additionally, NBC's figures indicate that 53% of early voters are female and 20% are aged between 18 and 39 years. Election Day in the US is on Tuesday.
Ian Smith contributed to this report for TROIB News
