Although Republican attacks on her are only now starting to escalate, Kamala Harris, the US vice chairman, performs significantly better than Joe Biden did against Donald Trump, according to surveys.
Perhaps as a candidate for vice chairman, Harris was the goal of an intense storm of conventional attacks that claimed, among other things, that she slept her approach to social prominence, a typical slur against women in power.
The Wilson Center, a democratic think tank, described in a report as a general pattern of sexist and gendered attacks on popular women in public discourse.
More recently, those opinions were joined by conventional attacks branding Harris as the “border czar”, part of an effort to connect her to immigration, a hot-button matter for liberals.
Just a small number of the severe attacks that have already occurred are expected. Trump has a strong sense of both social self-defense and character death. Once they enter the national strategy field, they have an extraordinary ability to defeat his political adversaries.
Harris even has strong persuasive abilities, which could make this a contentious election debate.
Trump’s other information
In my guide,” National Communication and Character,” I discuss how adeptly Trump is at converting white working-class rage into political support for himself and convincing his followers to overlook the former mayor’s personal well-remembered professional and personal failings.
Trump’s personality generates enduring disdain among progressives, but those voters will back the Democratic nomination.
In 2016, Trump defeated Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton. Sens. He also lost to a number of well-known Republican presidential candidates in the main, including Sen. Previous administrators Jeb Bush of Florida, John Kasich of Ohio, and Scott Walker of Wisconsin are Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio of Florida.
Earlier in 2024, Trump quickly dispatched another round of very experienced Republicans, most importantly Florida Gov. Past South Carolina governor Ron DeSantis Nikki Haley.
Like those other competitors, President Biden has much endured Trump’s private problems. But in 2020, Trump’s classic name of” Weary Joe” failed to become as successful as his accusations aimed at different officials, and Biden’s election marked Trump’s even electoral defeat.
As the 2024 election approached, Trump and conservative voices once again demonstrated their immense influence in shaping political narratives. They have persuaded a large number of voters this year to absolve Trump of his role in the Covid-19 pandemic, ignore how he planned a Supreme Court majority to overturn Roe v. Wade, and declare that the 2020 election was a fraud.
Polls reveal that many voters follow Trump’s lead and fault Biden for the US economic conditions, which are actually quite good, in an even more powerful demonstration of his political marketing abilities.
Unemployment is low. Job growth is booming. Infrastructure projects are underway. Since the recent highs in the stock market, inflation is much lower than it was during Biden’s tenure, and individual retirement accounts are now free.
Given Trump’s public relations prowess and the widespread susceptibility of his false narratives, one can wonder how the Biden campaign managed to survive the never-ending rhetorical assault and maintain the contest as close as surveys suggest it had been up until recently.
During a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 20, 2024, Trump attacked both Biden and Harris, repeatedly calling Biden” stupid” and insulting his IQ. But Harris, Trump said, was” crazy”.
” I call her laughing Kamala”, Trump told the crowd. ” You can tell a lot by a laugh. She’s crazy. She’s nuts”.
A former prosecutor for a felon who was found guilty
Political developments suggest that Trump may be in for a taste of his own medicine now that Biden has left the race.
Harris ‘ prior work as a US senator challenging the nominees for the presidency and the former president’s judicial posts demonstrates her ability to hold Republicans accountable in her capacity as one of the most effective Democratic officeholders.
She uses law-and-order themes to protest against America’s first convicted felon former president through her career as an attorney general and prosecutor.
Given that the focus on age is now booming against Republicans, Biden’s departure may offer Harris another significant opportunity to rewrite the character assassination narrative.
A key point that Trump used against Biden is likely to be turned back toward the former president now that he is the oldest major-party nominee for president.
For voters, it promises to be a scorched-earth campaign season.
Stephen J Farnsworth, Professor of Political Science and Director, Center for Leadership and Media Studies, University of Mary Washington
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