Harris for President Lays Out Pathway to Victory
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE by Harris for President
July 24, 2024
This morning, Campaign Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon released a memo outlining Vice President Harris’ pathway to victory, which will be secured by both reassembling and expanding the broad, diverse coalition that won the election for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2020. Vice President Harris is highly popular among key demographics that will decide this election and is poised to win in November with a broad, far-reaching coalition.
This memo comes as Team Harris has seen a historic groundswell of support, raising over $126 million since the President Biden’s endorsement and receiving over 100,000 new volunteers – all on the heels of the Vice President’s fiery 3,500 person rally in Milwaukee, the campaign’s largest event yet. With a popular message, a strong record on the issues that matter most to swing voters, multiple pathways to 270 electoral votes, and unprecedented enthusiasm on her side, the Vice President is in a strong position to take on Donald Trump and win.
See coverage below:
On the Airwaves
On CNN’s News Central, Arlette Saenz:
“The Harris campaign is arguing that this 2024 race is now more fluid than ever, as Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to lead the Democratic ticket against Donald Trump in November. Now, the now-Harris campaign chair, Jen O'Malley Dillon, released a new memo this morning outlining their views of the race, arguing that they believe Harris can expand on the support from 2020, specifically appealing to Black, Latino, and young voters, and they also see an opening for her with undecided voters at this point in the race. Now, as for the electoral map, Jen O'Malley Dillon argued that they will be playing offense in all of the battleground states, in both that critical Blue Wall as well as the Sun Belt. ”
On CNN’s News Central, Former DNC Chair Howard Dean: “Jen O'Malley Dillon and the Vice President's strategy is exactly right, and they shouldn't be doing that and they can win in North Carolina and Georgia…Trump is now the old guy in the race, 78-years-old, and he's got a few cognitive problems himself so the shoe is completely flipped upside down here and now, I think that that Kamala has a great chance of winning this race.”
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Jonathan Lemire: “Jen O’Malley Dillon, though, remains campaign chair, and she did put out a memo this morning, just a few minutes ago, talking about Vice President Harris’ pathways to victory. And again, she notes, this is going to be a tough, a tight race, and it largely still goes through those three states in the Blue Wall—Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin. But she acknowledges that Harris, doing better than President Biden but also Donald Trump in some other key voting areas: young voters, Black voters, Latino voters. Voters who Democrats have grown worried about. There's a sense with Harris now at the top of the ticket, there’s a chance, Reverend Al Sharpton, to sort of excite those voters again, to bring them home.”
On CNN’s Newsroom with Wolf Blitzer, Eva McKend: “They say that she can win because of this expanded universe of swing voters and this is something that we have heard all along on the campaign trail…they say that she can compete with these voters now, in a real way at where they couldn't before, but they also maintain the two strong with key Democratic coalitions Black voters, Asian voters, female voters, Latino voters. And they said that that grassroots support has been on display the last few days. So since Sunday, 100,000 people have signed up to volunteer for the campaign. She's raised $126 million in just the last few days.”
Online
@casssemyon: A new memo out from the Harris campaign this morning:
• $126 million raised since Sunday
• Over 1.4 million grassroots donors made donations since Sunday
• Nearly 2,000 applied to work for the campaign in the first 24 hours, and over 100,000 people have signed up to volunteer since Sunday
@dellavolpe: The youth vote energy online and off @KamalaHarris has unleashed is nothing short of Obama + Parkland level — hope + fight is a most powerful combo.
Truly impressive & quantifiable on every level -
New voters
New volunteers
New money
@TaylorPopielarz: New state of the race memo out this morning from @KamalaHarris for President Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon:
"Vice President Harris enters a tight race, but it is clear that she can bring together a coalition of voters to keep a wide set of states in play."
"As of Tuesday evening, Team Harris has raised $126 million since the [Biden] endorsement."
@samstein: New Harris camp memo: "As of Tuesday evening, Team Harris has raised $126 million since the [Biden] endorsement."
@TPM: Fresh off the heels of her first campaign rally in Wisconsin Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris said she was committed to uniting the Democratic Party in time for a November victory: “the baton is in our hands.”
@JuliaManch: New memo out this AM from Harris Campaign Co-Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon detailing @VP’s path to victory—->
-Notes the support from Biden-Harris coalition going back to 2020
-Says she’s position to “expand” support
-Opens up persuadable voters
@JaneNorman: Harris campaign memo this am: They will focus on "Blue Wall" states Michigan, Wisconsin, & Pennsylvania & Sun Belt states North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada; "young voters, Black voters, and Latino voters will be important to our multiple pathways to 270 electoral votes."
In Print
ABC News: Harris campaign outlines path to the White House, 'The race is more fluid now'
[Will McDuffie, 7/24/24]
The extraordinary and rapid ascension of Harris to be the presumptive Democratic nominee "opens up persuadable voters," campaign manager Jennifer O'Malley Dillon wrote.
"The race is more fluid now. The Vice President is well-known but less well-known than both Trump and President Biden, particularly among Dem-leaning constituencies," she added. [...]
[...] The memo outlined a plan to capitalize on Harris' appeal with Black, Latino and women voters. It also suggested Harris could attract people who did not vote for the Democratic ticket in 2020 but moved toward Democrats in the years since.
Meanwhile, O'Malley Dillon stressed that the campaign has "multiple pathways" to 270 electoral votes and plans to "play offense" in the competitive Blue Wall states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as well as the Sun Belt states of North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.
Politico: Harris camp: Candidate switch ‘opens up additional persuadable voters’
[Elena Schneider, 7/24/24]
In a memo penned by campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon and released Wednesday, she argued how Harris, Biden’s endorsed successor, can win the race against former President Donald Trump by expanding support from 2020 and “drawing the support of voters who have moved towards Democrats since the 2020 election.” It also places Harris’ abortion rights platform front and center in her campaign.
“In many cases, these voters did not vote for the Biden-Harris ticket in 2020, but came out in support of Democrats in 2022 as Donald Trump’s Republican Party grew more and more extreme,” the memo said. “These voters supported Democrats in battleground states in 2022, and they will be critical to hold onto in 2024.” [...]
[...] O’Malley Dillon previewed the vice president’s messaging, leaning hard into abortion rights. It also centered Harris’ background as a prosecutor who is “uniquely positioned to hold [Trump] accountable.” Harris also cast the 2024 race in those themes at her first campaign rally in Milwaukee on Tuesday.
Spectrum News: Harris campaign sees advantages in winning over undecided voters
[Ryan Chatelain, 7/24/24]
Harris campaign Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon wrote in a memo issued Wednesday that the campaign sees multiple pathways to securing the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election.
O’Malley Dillon added that while voters are familiar with Harris, the vice president is not as well known as Trump or President Joe Biden, giving her a higher ceiling.
The campaign chair said the “expanded universe of winnable voters is highly accessible” to Harris, in part, because they have supported Democrats in the past and many favor Democratic candidates in down-ballot races.
Citing an Economist-YouGov poll, O’Malley Dillon said about 7% of voters remain undecided and that they are disproportionately Black, Latino and under 30 years old — groups that have traditionally voted Democrat.
“It is the job of the Harris campaign to win these voters, but the pathway to do so is clear,” O’Malley Dillon wrote.
O’Malley Dillon pointed to polls that show Harris with significant advantages over Trump with Black, Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, women, and young voters — although Trump has made exponential gains since 2020 with Black voters, surveys have shown.
Among Latinos, Harris is more popular than Trump with undecided, independent and thirty-party voters, Harris’ campaign chair wrote, citing internal polling.
Associated Press: Harris to address historically Black sorority as her campaign hopes to win women of color
[Josh Boak, 7/24/24]
Voters in Indiana haven’t backed a Democratic presidential candidate in nearly 16 years. But Harris, a woman of Black and South Asian descent, was speaking to a group already excited by her historic status as the likely Democratic nominee and one that her campaign hopes can expand its coalition. [...]
In a memo released on Wednesday, campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon pointed to support among women, nonwhite and younger voters as critical to success.
“Where Vice President Harris goes, grassroots enthusiasm follows,” O’Malley Dillon wrote. “This campaign will be close, it will be hard fought, but Vice President Harris is in a position of strength — and she’s going to win.”
Axios: Harris' big test: reclaiming swing states for Dems
[Erin Doherty, 7/24/24]
In its memo, Harris' campaign argues that she's positioned to expand Biden's winning coalition from 2020.
"Her net favorability is 19 points higher than Trump's among white, college-educated voters, and 18 points higher than Trump's among voters over 65," the Harris campaign writes.
It also claims that the roughly 7% of voters who remain undecided are "disproportionately Black, Latino and under 30" — voting populations more likely to favor Harris.
The Hill: Harris campaign memo lays out path to victory in November
[Brett Samuels, 7/24/24]
A memo from Harris campaign chairwoman Jen O’Malley Dillon published Wednesday argues the vice president is in “a strong position” to win in November, citing her ability to expand the coalition that put her and President Biden in the White House and her appeal to persuadable voters. [...]
O’Malley Dillon cited three main reasons for Harris’ strong footing: Her support from 2020 Biden-Harris voters, her ability to expand that coalition, and the fact that the change atop the Democratic ticket could allow her to reach undecided voters. The campaign has also boasted significant enthusiasm, noting it raised $126 million between Sunday afternoon and Tuesday evening.
The memo cited Harris’ strong support with key blocs in the Democratic base, specifically with Black voters, Latino voters, women and young voters. The memo cited a Quinnipiac University poll that showed Harris running 54 points ahead of former President Trump among Black voters, as well as internal polling that showed Harris faring better than Trump or Biden among Latino voters.
O’Malley Dillon argued Harris is poised to expand upon the 2020 base, particularly because of the issue of abortion.
USA Today: Kamala Harris campaign maps out 'path to victory,' raises $126 million in three days
[Joey Garrison, 7/24/24]
Jen O'Malley Dillon, chair of the Harris campaign, said in the memo that Harris is in "a strong position to win," pointing to three main factors: Harris' "well-documented support" among Black, Hispanic, and young voters, each core Democratic constituencies; an opportunity to expand Democrats' growing advantage with college-educated voters; and Harris' appeal with undecided voters. [...]
[...] Harris energizes the Democratic base, O'Malley Dillon said, pointing to a net approval rating that is 54 percentage points ahead of Trump with Black voters, 25 percentages better than Trump among young voters, 21 points better among women voters, and 30 points higher than Trump among Asian American and Pacific Islander voters.
She said Harris performs better than Trump among undecided, independent, and third-party Latino voters as well as Latino voters who are skeptical of both Biden and Trump. [...]
[...] Among white college-educated voters, O'Malley Dillon said Harris' net favorability is 19 percentage points higher than Trump. She said Harris tops Trump's net favorability among voters 65 and older by 18 percentage points.
Washington Post: Harris vows to fight ‘extremists’ on day of dueling events with Trump
[Hannah Knowles, 7/24/24]
Biden’s exit — triggered by a dismal June debate performance — has filled Democrats with new hope for November. In a Wednesday morning memo, Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said the vice president is less known than Trump and Biden and “opens up additional persuadable voters,” especially in groups that lean Democratic. “This race is more fluid now,” she wrote. [...]
Democrats are hopeful that Harris — who is Black and Indian American and would be the first female president — can motivate key left-leaning constituencies in a way that Biden did not.
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