Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the US presidential race and Kamala Harris’ ascension to the Democratic nomination has gone about as well as it could have for the vice-president.
In removing the greatest impediment to undecided voters voting Democrat and commencing her campaign as smoothly as possible, including in her selection of running mate Tim Walz, Harris has turned Trump’s 3-point average lead over Biden into her own 2.5-point average lead over Trump.
And Trump and his campaign are rattled. The first big sign that they weren’t prepared for Harris and were shocked at how well she has been doing was Trump deciding he didn’t want to debate her.
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