You know the Democrats are in trouble when CNN can’t spin the fact that Donald Trump may possibly “make history” by winning the election and winning the popular vote.
In the most recent polling, CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten explained that the numbers show former President Donald Trump in a position to win the popular vote. This achievement could make the history books as a Republican nominee for president hasn’t won the popular vote in over 20 years.
“Trump may win the popular vote,” Enten said. “Everyone has been talking about this idea that Trump may win in the Electoral College but Kamala Harris will win the popular vote. But Trump may finally get his great white whale. Harris versus Trump national margin, you mention that New York Times [is] a tie, that’s actually right in the middle of the spectrum when we’re talking about recent polling data. You don’t have to look very far to find Donald Trump ahead nationally. He was up by 2 points in the CNBC poll, up by 3 [points] in the Wall Street Journal poll, very close races within the margin of error.”
“But the bottom line is, with the popular vote, which we really haven’t focused upon, a very, very tight race, John. Fact is Donald Trump is very much in a position [where] he could win the popular, which of course this is something he would absolutely love to do,” Enten explained.
As of Friday, Kamala Harris leads Trump in the national average of popular vote polls by a single point. Only four years ago, President Biden was ahead of Trump in the national average by 9 points and Clinton lead Trump by 6 points before election day. Enten claims the race is “way too close to call” as the Vice President’s lead continues to shrink.
“Harris in the average poll right now is up by 1, well within the margin of error. You go back four years ago, Joe Biden was well ahead of Donald Trump in the national popular vote polls. He was up by 9. Even Hillary Clinton was up by 6 points, so now Donald Trump’s in a position he really hasn’t been before at this point in the campaign where he could truly compete and can truly say at this point that the popular vote is way too close to call,” Enten shockingly said.
“The fact that the polls are so close, the fact that Donald Trump has a legitimate shot of winning the popular vote is something I think a lot of folks, including in my line of work, really didn’t think could possibly happen when Donald Trump was running last time around. He could make history, not just for Donald Trump, but for a Republican candidate as well,” he said.