#KamalaHarris heads into #Trump #debate with #lead, rising #enthusiasm

Harris supporters are now more #enthusiastic about #voting than #Trump #voters.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/03/poll-dems-boosted-gop-shaken-as-harris-trump-race-is-joined/74995919007/

Striking new poll numbers amid Harris’s rise

A large batch of polls this week confirmed Vice President Kamala Harris’s rise in the 2024 presidential race
and suggests it has continued.

She now leads in the majority of national polls.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/15/5-striking-new-poll-numbers-amid-harriss-rise/

#enthusiastic #enthusiasm #optimistic

⭐️ Democrats’ big enthusiasm bump
— and edge

It’s been evident for a while that Democrats have been injected with huge amounts of #enthusiasm since Harris replaced President Joe Biden on the ticket.

Call it “vibes” or something else;
it’s real.

Polls this week reflect that.

While a Monmouth University poll from June showed just 46 percent of Democrats said they were #enthusiastic about a Trump-Biden rematch,
that number has nearly doubled to 🔸85 percent for the Trump-Harris race.

Democrats’ enthusiasm leapfrogged Republicans,
whose excitement stayed steady at 71 percent.

In other words, 🔸Democrats went from a 25-point enthusiasm deficit to a 14-point advantage,
at least on this specific question.

(Other polls have tested enthusiasm to vote, which is a somewhat different question, and the two parties have been closer.)

Also notable from the Monmouth poll:

♦️Nearly 9 in 10 Democrats say they’re #optimistic about the election,
compared with about three-quarters of Republicans.

And an AP-NORC poll this week showed that 🔸63 percent of Democrats are #excited about a potential Harris administration,
compared with 🔸57 percent of Republicans for another Trump administration.

#Transgender #Americans more ‘#hopeful’ about #presidential #election with #VicePresident #KamalaHarris in #race.

32% of the more than 1,200 #trans #adults #surveyed by the group in mid-July said #President #JoeBiden’s #announcement that he was dropping out of the race, made them more #enthusiastic about November’s #election, compared with just 8% who said they felt enthusiastic during his #candidacy.

https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4818803-biden-dropout-transgender-enthusiasm/