Presidential Elections come down to who can win the battleground states.
In this election, there are just seven that matter.
And one bombshell new poll result had Kamala Harris chewing her fingernails.
New Rust Belt polls induce panic among Democrats
Quinnipiac is historically one of the most-pro Democrat Party pollsters in America.
In 2020, they published one poll showing Joe Biden leading Donald Trump by 13 points in Florida.
Trump ended up winning the state by four points in November.
Throughout the 2024 cycle, Quinnipiac’s polls consistently showed Biden leading Donald Trump.
That’s why their latest Rust Belt state polls struck like a thunderbolt as they showed Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris in Michigan and Wisconsin.
This was a reversal from their September polls where Kamala Harris led in both states.
“That was then, this is now. The Harris post-debate starburst dims to a glow as Harris enters the last weeks slipping slightly in the Rust Belt,” Quinnipiac polling director Tim Malloy wrote.
🇺🇲 2024 GE: Quinnipiac (2-Way)
MICHIGAN
🟥 Trump: 51% [+5] 🟦 Harris: 47% [-4] ——
WISCONSIN
🟥 Trump: 49% [+1] 🟦 Harris: 47% [-2] ——
PENNSYLVANIA
🟦 Harris: 49% [-2] 🟥 Trump: 47% [+1] [+/- change vs 9/12-16] ——
#17 (2.8/3.0) | 10/3-7 | 3,902 LVhttps://t.co/Ewt2zNKmDw pic.twitter.com/oRj9v6JDM0— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) October 9, 2024
These polls came on the heels of the Wall Street Journal reporting that Wisconsin Democrat Senator Tammy Baldwin’s polling showed Trump leading Kamala Harris by three.
Michigan Senate Democrat candidate Elissa Slotkin reportedly told supporters at a fundraiser that Kamala Harris was “underwater” in her polling.
Quinnipiac polls vindicate reporting
Quinnipiac released their polls shortly after journalist Mark Halperin sent the political world on fire with his latest reporting.
Speaking on the 2-way platform, Halperin told viewers that he’d seen private polling from both Democrats and Republicans that painted a dire state of affairs for Kamala Harris.
“I just saw some new private polling today that’s very robust private polling: She’s in a lot of trouble,” Halperin stated.
Halperin recounted how his conversations with Democrats show they are increasingly pessimistic about Kamala Harris’ chances in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
“We think of the seven battleground states, which ones is Harris in danger of losing? I would say Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, North Carolina and Georgia. I’m not saying she’ll lose all six, but she’s in danger,” Halperin stated.
“The only one that the Democrats say she’s not in danger of losing is the one I never say the name of because I can’t pronounce it. But it’s where Las Vegas is, right? You guys agree with me? She could lose any of those six, right? I mean, she could lose all seven, but Democrats will tell you they’re worried about those six. They’re less worried about the seventh,” Halperin added.
Halperin explained that based on the polls and the Electoral College math that Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin were the three pivotal states for Kamala Harris.
If Kamala Harris lost any one of the three, she had no chance to win the Presidency.
“That to me, if the whole thing’s about the Electoral College, you take any of the Rust Belt states away from her, it’s very difficult for her to win. Very difficult. It’s not mathematically impossible, but it probably won’t happen if she loses any of them,” Halperin declared.
