Kamala Harris’ senior campaign adviser David Plouffe made an explosive claim that internal party polls never showed the VP ahead of Donald Trump in September and October. In fact, internal polling showed her the way back, Plouffe said on the Pod Save America podcast. It was external polling that put Kamala Harris narrowly ahead of Donald Trump.
“We were behind. I mean, I think it surprised people because there were these public polls that came out in late September, early October, that showed us with leads that we’ve never seen,” Plouffe said in his first interview since the election loss. The campaign said they had little time to indirectly blame President Joe Biden for the campaign.
Plouffe said the campaign faced difficulties figuring out how to distance Harris from Joe Biden because they were part of the same administration.
“Imagine if we said, ‘Well, we would have taken this approach at the border.’ Imagine the round of stories after people saying ‘well she never said that in a meeting’ or ‘in which meeting she said that’ or ‘I remember when she did that.’ Will not give what is wanted because it will not be a clean break.
“It’s always worth reminding people: It’s really hard for Democrats to win battleground states, okay? Let’s look at Pennsylvania: 25 percent of voters are liberal, about 34 percent are conservative,” Plouffe said. are more conservative.”
“In Pennsylvania, assuming a walkout, Trump won conservatives 91-8. Harris won liberals 93-6. Moderates, Harris won 56-43. But you have to win 60 percent of that, right? Plouffe said.” So, you know, for Democrats to win battleground states, on Quentin and Jane’s issue, that’s the wrong choice. is.”
“And I think as we look ahead to ’26 and ’28, especially where you see in general among non-college voters, especially among voters of color, especially, you know, we obviously have to get some of that back. .We can’t afford more erosion. The math just doesn’t work, okay?
“But, I don’t think this is a permanent arrangement, but the point here is to win battleground states. Yes, if you’re a Democrat, of course you have to increase your turnout and your vote share among liberal voters,” he added. “That was a huge focus. You have to win the center.”
Did David Plouffe delete his X account to avoid questions?
As the interview came out, a viral post claimed that David Plouffe initially deleted his X account so he wouldn’t have to answer public questions because he was selling fake data to get funding. “David Plouffe initially deleted his 𝕏 account, presumably because he didn’t want to answer public questions about the fake data he was peddling in the media last week, which, surprisingly, they didn’t even bother to confirm, but then the account was reinstated. Appears and is now admitting on a podcast that none of the polls were legitimate and that Harris was never in the lead in their internal polls and that they were forced to lie to donors. was said in the viral post.