Half of white voters do not think Kamala Harris is qualified to be president, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted by The Economist and YouGov between July 27 and 30, shows that 50 percent of white voters said they believe Harris is “not qualified to be president.” That is compared to 9 percent of Black voters and 41 percent of Hispanic voters.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Before becoming vice president, Harris was as a senator for California after serving as the state’s attorney general.
Among white voters, 41 percent said they believe Harris is qualified to be president, while 9 percent said they are unsure. Seventeen percent of Hispanic and Black voters also said they were unsure, while 42 percent and 72 percent, respectively, said they believe she is qualified.
Meanwhile, 46 percent of white voters said they disapprove of Harris becoming the Democratic nominee. Among them, 38 percent said they strongly disapprove, while 7 percent said they somewhat disapprove.
Harris polled better among Black and Hispanic voters, with 8 percent and 40 percent, respectively, saying they disapprove, while 77 percent of Black voters and 48 percent of Hispanics said they approve.
The poll also revealed that more than one-third of white voters think the process by which Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee was unfair, with 38 percent of white voters answering as such. However, 39 percent said they feel the process was fair, while 23 percent were unsure.
That is compared to 9 percent of Black voters who said the process was unfair and 25 percent of Hispanic voters.
The poll surveyed 1,610 U.S. adult citizens and had a margin of error of 3.3 percent. White voters are much more likely than those in other racial and ethnic groups to associate with the Republican Party, according to the Pew Research Center.
In the 2020 election, 58 percent of white voters voted for former President Donald Trump, who is the 2024 Republican nominee, while 41 percent voted for Joe Biden. In 2016, 57 percent of white voters chose Trump compared to 37 percent for Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Since Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris, some white voters have come out in support of her, with more than 180,000 people showing up to a “White Dudes for Harris” Zoom call this week. The group has raised $4million for Harris’ campaign, according to organizers.
Guests included several of the white men Harris is considering for her vice presidential running mate, such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, who announced he was withdrawing from consideration moments before the call began.
“The vibes are incredible,” Buttigieg remarked. Group organizer Mark Greene, an author who writes about masculinity, said in the event description that the group aims to support Harris’ bid, countering the Republican Party, which he said represents a culture that “has positioned white men at the top of a bullying and rigid dominance-based culture of masculinity.”
The call with “white dudes” followed similar calls aimed at Black women and white women in recent weeks. More than 160,000 people joined a Zoom call last Thursday night for white women who support Harris...CONTINUE READING>>
