Why Trump won the debate
By
Kaylee McGhee White
September 11, 2024 12:26 pm
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The conventional wisdom after Tuesday’s debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris seems to be that Trump did poorly while Harris cleared the very low bar that had been set for her. I agree that Harris didn’t fall flat on her face, thanks in large part to ridiculously biased questions from ABC’s moderators and their outright refusal to press her on the many false claims she made.
But the debate was not a win for Harris. She failed to do the one thing she really needs to do: Clue voters into what exactly she would do if they agree to send her to the White House in November.
Harris’s refusal to answer specific policy questions, a pattern that has defined her campaign, is a legitimate problem for voters. A new poll by the New York Times this weekend found that 30% of voters say they need to know more about Harris, versus just 9% for Trump. Her efforts to stay vague on the issues and rebrand as a generic Democrat have only backfired: Half of voters said she’s far too liberal, and 55% said she’s no different from President Joe Biden. In other words, because Harris has given them no reason to believe otherwise, they are rightly assuming she is the same candidate who once vowed to ban fracking, abolish private health insurance, and generally govern as a left-wing progressive.
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