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Kamala Harris’s honeymoon bounce in the polls has Democrats excited for the first time in a long time in this election. Even with that surge of enthusiasm, she’s still only managing to take a small lead within the margin of error in the RealClearPolitics average. Nevertheless, her position appears to be much stronger than Joe Biden’s but, CNN’s Harry Enten is warning them that Harris doesn’t have the election in the bag — not by a long shot.
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“Weputoutthosepollnumbersyesterday,youknow,NewYorkTimes-SienaCollege,wecoveredthem.IshowedyoutheIpsospolling,allofwhichshowedKamalaHarriswithclearmomentumandenthusiasmpotentiallyonherside.ButIjustwanttotakeastepbackandsortofpointoutwe’vekindofbeenherebefore,”hebegan.
“SoAugust13,howfarwerethepollsoffinMichigan,Pennsylvania,andWisconsin?”hecontinued.“Andthisisin2016and2020.[…]Takealookherein2016,theaveragepollinthosestatesthatImentioned—thoseG
