CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten on Tuesday cautioned Vice President Kamala Harris’ supporters against prematurely celebrating her victory in the upcoming election as former President Donald Trump still has a significant chance of defeating her.
Harris is leading Trump in the crucial swing states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan according to a set of The New York Times/Siena College polls released Saturday. However, Enten on “CNN News Central” noted Trump has historically been “underestimated” in polling, making her lead insufficient to predict a probable victory for the vice president.
CNN's Harry Enten Warns Harris Fans Not To 'Open The Champagne Bottle' Yet As Trump 'Very Much In This Ball Game' pic.twitter.com/U8XbduhEAf
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 13, 2024
“I just want to take a step back and sort of point out, we kind of been here before. So August 13th, how far were the polls off in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin? And this is in 2016 and 2020. Trump was [under]estimated both times around and by significant margins,” Enten said. “Take a look here. In 2016, the average poll in those states that I mentioned, those Great Lake battleground states, Trump was underestimated by nine points on average at this point in 2016. How about 2020? It wasn’t a one-off, look at this. He was underestimated by five points on average. And of course, Kamala Harris’s advantage in those New York Times/Siena College polls were four points in each of these key battleground states, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.” […]
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