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On Friday, CNN’s Harry Enten addressed the growing sense of alarm among Democrats regarding Kamala Harris’s polling in crucial battleground states. Describing this anxiety, Enten quipped, “What is with all of this bedwetting among Democrats?”
HisassessmentfocusedontheGreatLakesstatesofPennsylvania,Wisconsin,andMichigan—theso-called“bluewall”statessheneedsifshewantstowintheelection.
Entennotedthatthreeweeksago,Harrishadaslightleadinallthree,upbytwopointsinbothPennsylvaniaandWisconsinandbythreepointsinMichigan.However,hepointedoutthat“theraceiseventighter”now,withHarrisholdingonlyaone-pointadvantageinallthreestatesbasedonCNN’spollingaverage.Forwhatit’sworth,TrumphasreclaimedtheleadinPennsylvaniaandMichiganintheRealClearPoliticsaveragesofthosestates.
WhilesomemaydismissthenumbersEntenpresentedasinsignificant,heemphasizedthat“inayearinwhichthisracehasbeensostatic,”theseshiftsraiseredflagsforDemocraticsupporters.
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