CNN’s Harry Enten Declares Signs of a Harris Victory ‘Clear As Day’: ‘The Candidate Who’s More Popular Goes On to Win’
CNN’s Harry Enten said that the signs that Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is going to win the presidential election are “clear as day” on Thursday, pointing toward her popularity advantage among other factors to explain why she may be the president-elect a week from now.
After noting that he did a similar segment for Republican nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday, Enten dove into the data.
“Today, the case for Kamala Harris, the signs as clear as day. And the number one sign is that Harris, simply put, is more popular than Donald Trump. Her net favorable rating is higher than Trump. She’s at -2, Trump’s at -7. I went all the way back since 1956 and looked at the polls. Does the more popular candidate usually win? The answer is absolutely yes. Sixteen times the more popular candidate has won, only one time the less popular candidate has won,” began Enten. “I will note that was Donald Trump back in 2016.”
“But the bottom line is this” Kamala Harris has been consistently more popular in the polls than Donald Trump, and she’s consistently had a higher net favorable rating than Donald Trump. And normally, usually, the candidate who’s more popular goes on to win on election day,” he submitted.
Enten went on to observe that Democrats have been outperforming President Joe Biden’s 2020 margin of victory in special elections, as well as to note that Democrats did relatively well in 2022 in spite of Biden’s unpopularity.
“Remember, even though the top metrics were bad for Democrats in 2022, the White House party did historically well in that midterm. So the bottom line is, Kate, a lot of Democrats believe when voters vote, they win,” he concluded. “And with abortion being a much bigger issue this time around than historically speaking, when it was in 2022, Democrats did historically well, perhaps Democrats will surprise a lot of folks and do historically well come next Tuesday.”
Watch above via CNN.
