Frank Luntz: Trump favorite over Harris by ‘very, very narrow margin’
Republican pollster Frank Luntz said former President Trump has a “very, very narrow margin” over Vice President Harris even though she’s seen a massive influx of support since announcing her candidacy.
“I would have predicted exactly one week ago today that Donald Trump essentially had the race sewed up. You can’t say that today,” Luntz said Thursday on “Piers Morgan Uncensored.”
“He’s still a favorite by a very, very narrow margin," he added.
Luntz noted there’s been a “palpable, measurable honeymoon” happening for Harris, and it could swing the election in her favor.
President Biden suspended his reelection campaign Sunday and endorsed Harris, leading to a whirlwind week in politics. Within days, rejuvenated Democrats broke records donating to the vice president's campaign and memes online captivated younger voters.
The pollster said that the Biden-Harris switch-up “completely unscrambled and re-scrambled” the race.
“There are key voter groups right now, young women who had been turned off by both candidates that are now absolutely excited, younger African Americans that were giving Donald Trump a look that they may be going back to the Democrats, which they voted for four decades,” he added.
Luntz also said Harris entering the race doesn’t change the “basic parameters” of the election, but her candidacy does make the contest closer than when it was Biden vs. Trump.
“Make no mistake, when you raise $80 million in a single day, when you get thousands and thousands of people signing up to volunteer, you take that seriously," he added. "You see the significance of it."
The Harris campaign hit the ground running this week, racking up donations and followers online. The campaign released its first video Thursday, focused on rights and freedom. Set to Beyoncé’s song “Freedom,” Harris asked viewers what kind of country they want to live in.
Recent polling found that Trump is narrowly leading Harris in several battleground states, and they are neck and neck in Wisconsin.
Similarly, Democratic strategist David Axelrod said he thinks Trump is still a "pretty substantial favorite" over Harris in the election.