Vice President Kamala Harris got some very welcome news on Sunday in the form of a new NBC News poll that found her leading Donald Trump by five points nationally. But perhaps the most significant finding in the survey of 1,000 likely voters conducted from Sept. 13-17 is her massive increase in popularity since taking over for Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee in July.
Compared to July, when Harris had a 32% approval and 50% disapproval rating (nearly identical to Biden), the new poll finds 48% of respondents view her positively and 45% negatively. The three point net positive approval stands in sharp contrast to Trump’s net negative 13 point result that has remained static over the same period.
As NBC News National Political Correspondent—and data geek—Steve Kornacki and Meet the Press host Kristen Welker explained on Sunday, that 16 point turnaround is the largest favorability increase for any politician NBC has measured since George W. Bush after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
LuvKrahft on
Can’t fake that kinda funk, yall!
Looking better and better by the day.
Now we just gotta vote Blue in overwhelming numbers.
reck1265 on
People asked for more interviews, there you go.
account_for_yaoi on
I think that her relative hiddenness(as is the case for most Veeps) before running made people cast a ‘default’ vote of unapproval in the polls. Now that she’s in the spotlight, people can easily learn about her temperament and politics.
a9JDvXLWHumjaC on
Polls don’t vote, people do. The Democrats and democracy need us to turn up in Nov to end Trump’s stoppable march to America’s destruction. VOTE Harris/Walz 2024 please. Harris is competent and smart by not taking voters for granted. She needs our well earned support.
>And yet, the Harris team is not taking anything for granted. In response to the poll results, which still fall within the margin of error, top Harris campaign adviser Brian Fallon tweeted, Still an underdog in this race.
jeffwinger_esq on
Just another data point, along with the ridiculous fundraising numbers, that point to an actual landslide.
You can’t convince me this thing is as close as 2020. You can’t.
TrooperJohn on
The polls have been moving steadily in her favor over time. There have been a few bumps and jigs and jags, but the overall trend, since she first entered the race, has been a gradual but undeniable shift in her favor.
Lots of things can still happen, but her campaign has been unusually skillful, and she has navigated every challenge effectively so far.
I’m reasonably optimistic she will do well in November. I wish I could say the same about the election process itself. But it’s best to approach that imminent chaos from a position of strength, and Harris seems to be accomplishing that.
coolcool23 on
Meanwhile in the conservative sub “she’s so unlikable.”
NetflixIsGr8 on
RealClearPolls and 538 (poll aggregates) have her less than or equal to where Hillary was at this point in her campaign. That terrifies me.
This election is going to be so close on the electoral map.
Anybody else still find it stupid 9/11 gave Bush a huge favorability jump?
Zestyclose-Floor1175 on
Well, we are fighting a terrorist so that makes sense.
cxr303 on
Well, the orange chicken had a 9/11 death toll daily for a long time.
I guess it makes sense that she would get the boost.
Zealousideal-Day7385 on
No surprise her favorables are rising as people see more of her. I think Harris is a warm and likable presence and her decision to focus on things like joy and moving forward past the chaos are no doubt starting to reasonate.
Honestly, I wish Kamala was leading by 20…but pragmatically speaking? I’m strangely okay that the polls are so tight.
I think this election will be decided on which candidate does better with turnout- and hopefully tight polls will prevent people from feeling like Harris has this in the bag and not bothering to vote. Complacency is the enemy of progress.
GrafZeppelin127 on
If she pulls this off, the Biden/Kamala handoff will be seen as one of the most deft political maneuvers in U.S. election history.
surle on
Makes sense. They were both responding to a terrorist attack by people who hate America.
DogVacuum on
He’s gonna stage another attempt today, isn’t he?
oldwestprospector on
Good. I hope she wins by a landslide and it’s a complete surprise for maga dipshits.
I want a Harris/Walz sign but need a camera on it first, chances of it gettinga vandalized or stolen in my small Iowa town is too great. I know other people feel the same, we don’t need to brandish flags and our candidate’s shit everywhere. We show our support at the ballot box.
Kannigget on
This is good, but do not get complacent. Keep donating to the Democrats. Hillary Clinton lost the election even though she was winning in the polls and won the popular vote. The Electoral College puts the Democrats at a disadvantage.
Independent-Bug-9352 on
Side note since he’s referenced in this article, but Brian Fallon who was press secretary to Clinton’s campaign being a senior advisor to Harris… Concerns me if I’m being honest. I recall him being a total douche in 2016 and missing the mark. Oh well, hoping for the best.
baka-tari on
Great news for Harris! Now, go vote!
dwitman on
Interesting that the debate that fueled a lot of this bump was also on 9/11.
Daxnu on
That’s nice and I don’t care, voting for her and would vote for anyone or anything before I would vote for what ever the hell Trump is
Frogacuda on
In both cases, these approval changes were a reflection of what the public saw as meeting the moment; being tossed unexpectedly into a surprising and unprecedented circumstance and doing what was seen as a good job.
Obviously Bush made a lot of decisions at that time that are retroactively viewed as mistakes or outright lies, but people didn’t see that at the time.
elliottbaytrail on
The debate was a critical moment: she showed she was calm, assertive, and presidential. The fact that Trump was melting down live, to the point where even his most fervent supporters said the debate was at best “tied” (it was not), served as a beautiful contrast to Harris’ poise.
Want to know which of the two can be manipulated easily by Putin and nefarious billionaires? Just look at who took every nugget of bait on that debate stage.
formeraide on
“Compared to July, when Harris had a 32% approval and 50% disapproval rating (nearly identical to Biden), the new poll finds 48% of respondents view her positively and 45% negatively. The three point net positive approval stands in sharp contrast to Trump’s net negative 13 point result that has remained static over the same period. ”
This further underscores how Harris still has room to grow, while Trump is probably already at his most favorable.
Sandra_fine on
It seems like Harris is gaining more traction as people see her work in office.
TheElderScrollsLore on
If anything will cause her to lose, it’ll be stuff like this.
Folks, none of this matters if you don’t actually go and vote.
blessed_by_fortune on
Anyone that loves democracy, law, order, human rights, and decency, will clearly favor the prosecutor, over the felon.
Designer_Buy_1650 on
Unfortunately this doesn’t mean votes. Her deficit with men in Pennsylvania could be her downfall. This needs to be addressed immediately. She changes this deficit and she’s president.
NotThatAngel on
A catastrophe like 9/11 or another Trump term tends to bring the country together.
ElectrOPurist on
Makes sense. People looked to Bush after a disaster because he was in a leadership position. People are looking to Harris to prevent a disaster because she has leadership qualities.
blueberrykola on
Me not even looking at comments yet. Yeah yeah I know. Voting.
geneticeffects on
Vote Democrat the entire ballot.
The last decade has shown their true colors.
Never vote for the GOP again.
Entropic_Alloy on
Does that mean Trump is a disaster on the level of 9/11?
crimeo on
Who cares? Stop posting polls, they literally don’t matter for either side. At most they matter for the campaign itself to decide tactics, that’s it. Not for voters/us
No_Translator2218 on
I was really nervous when Biden dropped….. Now I feel much more relaxed, but I do hope people vote and not end up like Hillary….
We all must vote. I have my two genz daughters registered and ready, but its just 3 of us here.
Kasoni on
Kind of odd how the right wing pollers show no change. The more center and left wing pollers all show positive change for Kamala. The no change polls seem like they are trying to hide something.
Personal-Sentence116 on
At the start of this election is was 100% for trump, only for the fact that he was popular. I then finally studied the two candidates and realized how much of a horrible person trump is
sucobe on
Stop the count!
802macguy on
Better headline: “Harris has clear lead with popular vote, electoral college too close to call”
JesusWuta40oz on
Yeah but will it translate into a win in the electoral college? God I hope so.
nintrader on
So *technically* Trump is about as unlikeable as… *9/11*.
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Vice President Kamala Harris got some very welcome news on Sunday in the form of a new NBC News poll that found her leading Donald Trump by five points nationally. But perhaps the most significant finding in the survey of 1,000 likely voters conducted from Sept. 13-17 is her massive increase in popularity since taking over for Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee in July.
Compared to July, when Harris had a 32% approval and 50% disapproval rating (nearly identical to Biden), the new poll finds 48% of respondents view her positively and 45% negatively. The three point net positive approval stands in sharp contrast to Trump’s net negative 13 point result that has remained static over the same period.
As NBC News National Political Correspondent—and data geek—Steve Kornacki and Meet the Press host Kristen Welker explained on Sunday, that 16 point turnaround is the largest favorability increase for any politician NBC has measured since George W. Bush after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Can’t fake that kinda funk, yall!
Looking better and better by the day.
Now we just gotta vote Blue in overwhelming numbers.
People asked for more interviews, there you go.
I think that her relative hiddenness(as is the case for most Veeps) before running made people cast a ‘default’ vote of unapproval in the polls. Now that she’s in the spotlight, people can easily learn about her temperament and politics.
Polls don’t vote, people do. The Democrats and democracy need us to turn up in Nov to end Trump’s stoppable march to America’s destruction. VOTE Harris/Walz 2024 please. Harris is competent and smart by not taking voters for granted. She needs our well earned support.
>And yet, the Harris team is not taking anything for granted. In response to the poll results, which still fall within the margin of error, top Harris campaign adviser Brian Fallon tweeted, Still an underdog in this race.
Just another data point, along with the ridiculous fundraising numbers, that point to an actual landslide.
You can’t convince me this thing is as close as 2020. You can’t.
The polls have been moving steadily in her favor over time. There have been a few bumps and jigs and jags, but the overall trend, since she first entered the race, has been a gradual but undeniable shift in her favor.
Lots of things can still happen, but her campaign has been unusually skillful, and she has navigated every challenge effectively so far.
I’m reasonably optimistic she will do well in November. I wish I could say the same about the election process itself. But it’s best to approach that imminent chaos from a position of strength, and Harris seems to be accomplishing that.
Meanwhile in the conservative sub “she’s so unlikable.”
RealClearPolls and 538 (poll aggregates) have her less than or equal to where Hillary was at this point in her campaign. That terrifies me.
This election is going to be so close on the electoral map.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-harris
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/
Anybody else still find it stupid 9/11 gave Bush a huge favorability jump?
Well, we are fighting a terrorist so that makes sense.
Well, the orange chicken had a 9/11 death toll daily for a long time.
I guess it makes sense that she would get the boost.
No surprise her favorables are rising as people see more of her. I think Harris is a warm and likable presence and her decision to focus on things like joy and moving forward past the chaos are no doubt starting to reasonate.
Honestly, I wish Kamala was leading by 20…but pragmatically speaking? I’m strangely okay that the polls are so tight.
I think this election will be decided on which candidate does better with turnout- and hopefully tight polls will prevent people from feeling like Harris has this in the bag and not bothering to vote. Complacency is the enemy of progress.
If she pulls this off, the Biden/Kamala handoff will be seen as one of the most deft political maneuvers in U.S. election history.
Makes sense. They were both responding to a terrorist attack by people who hate America.
He’s gonna stage another attempt today, isn’t he?
Good. I hope she wins by a landslide and it’s a complete surprise for maga dipshits.
I want a Harris/Walz sign but need a camera on it first, chances of it gettinga vandalized or stolen in my small Iowa town is too great. I know other people feel the same, we don’t need to brandish flags and our candidate’s shit everywhere. We show our support at the ballot box.
This is good, but do not get complacent. Keep donating to the Democrats. Hillary Clinton lost the election even though she was winning in the polls and won the popular vote. The Electoral College puts the Democrats at a disadvantage.
Side note since he’s referenced in this article, but Brian Fallon who was press secretary to Clinton’s campaign being a senior advisor to Harris… Concerns me if I’m being honest. I recall him being a total douche in 2016 and missing the mark. Oh well, hoping for the best.
Great news for Harris! Now, go vote!
Interesting that the debate that fueled a lot of this bump was also on 9/11.
That’s nice and I don’t care, voting for her and would vote for anyone or anything before I would vote for what ever the hell Trump is
In both cases, these approval changes were a reflection of what the public saw as meeting the moment; being tossed unexpectedly into a surprising and unprecedented circumstance and doing what was seen as a good job.
Obviously Bush made a lot of decisions at that time that are retroactively viewed as mistakes or outright lies, but people didn’t see that at the time.
The debate was a critical moment: she showed she was calm, assertive, and presidential. The fact that Trump was melting down live, to the point where even his most fervent supporters said the debate was at best “tied” (it was not), served as a beautiful contrast to Harris’ poise.
Want to know which of the two can be manipulated easily by Putin and nefarious billionaires? Just look at who took every nugget of bait on that debate stage.
“Compared to July, when Harris had a 32% approval and 50% disapproval rating (nearly identical to Biden), the new poll finds 48% of respondents view her positively and 45% negatively. The three point net positive approval stands in sharp contrast to Trump’s net negative 13 point result that has remained static over the same period. ”
This further underscores how Harris still has room to grow, while Trump is probably already at his most favorable.
It seems like Harris is gaining more traction as people see her work in office.
If anything will cause her to lose, it’ll be stuff like this.
Folks, none of this matters if you don’t actually go and vote.
Anyone that loves democracy, law, order, human rights, and decency, will clearly favor the prosecutor, over the felon.
Unfortunately this doesn’t mean votes. Her deficit with men in Pennsylvania could be her downfall. This needs to be addressed immediately. She changes this deficit and she’s president.
A catastrophe like 9/11 or another Trump term tends to bring the country together.
Makes sense. People looked to Bush after a disaster because he was in a leadership position. People are looking to Harris to prevent a disaster because she has leadership qualities.
Me not even looking at comments yet. Yeah yeah I know. Voting.
Vote Democrat the entire ballot.
The last decade has shown their true colors.
Never vote for the GOP again.
Does that mean Trump is a disaster on the level of 9/11?
Who cares? Stop posting polls, they literally don’t matter for either side. At most they matter for the campaign itself to decide tactics, that’s it. Not for voters/us
I was really nervous when Biden dropped….. Now I feel much more relaxed, but I do hope people vote and not end up like Hillary….
We all must vote. I have my two genz daughters registered and ready, but its just 3 of us here.
Kind of odd how the right wing pollers show no change. The more center and left wing pollers all show positive change for Kamala. The no change polls seem like they are trying to hide something.
At the start of this election is was 100% for trump, only for the fact that he was popular. I then finally studied the two candidates and realized how much of a horrible person trump is
Stop the count!
Better headline: “Harris has clear lead with popular vote, electoral college too close to call”
Yeah but will it translate into a win in the electoral college? God I hope so.
So *technically* Trump is about as unlikeable as… *9/11*.
Many didn’t know Kamala could be this good.