Vice President Kamala Harris on Oct. 27 responded to a question about her presidential campaign’s polling, saying that crowds are showing up to her events.
Jeff Mason with Reuters asked her, “Madam Vice President, can you give us a sense of your internal polling at the campaign and how that is making or influencing your decisions on what to do over the next nine days?”
“I mean, just two nights ago, we had 30,000 people show up. I think it was actually more than 30,000 people with an incredible amount of enthusiasm.”
Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, was likely referring to an event held in Houston, which featured singer Beyoncé.
“Every event that we do, ... the feeling is one of energy and excitement,” Harris said in her statement to the media. “What I love about the folks who are showing up is it’s every walk of who we are as a country and as Americans. Every race, age, gender, from all different kinds of backgrounds, together under one roof. It’s very exciting.”
She said she believes that because of “young people” and “first-time voters,” the momentum is with her campaign.
The Epoch Times contacted the Trump campaign for comment on Oct. 28 but didn’t receive a reply by publication time.
With former President Donald Trump’s encouragement, many Republicans are voting early, flocking to the polls for in-person voting ahead of Election Day and helping push the national number to more than 40 million.
As of Oct. 28, Republicans had an early voting advantage over Democrats in the swing states of North Carolina, Arizona, and Nevada. Overall, the early turnout has broken records in Georgia and North Carolina.
It’s unclear what this means for the election, however. The early voting data only reveal whether voters are registered with a party, not for whom they are voting, and the early electorate can change from day to day as more people vote early.
The surge in 2020 Democratic early voting was largely a reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, skewing historic comparisons.
James Blair, political director for Trump’s campaign, said this past week that its data show that more of its low-propensity voters are casting ballots early than those who might be expected to vote early for Harris.
“The starting point is, we’re in a strong spot,” Blair said.
The Trump and Harris campaigns are about to enter the final week stretch of the 2024 contest.
Trump held a large-scale rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Oct. 27 and was scheduled to have an event in Atlanta on Oct. 28.
Harris is slated to make several campaign stops in Michigan, including an event with singer Maggie Rogers.
