Harris didn’t shine as a senator, either, because soon after she got to Washington in 2017, she started running for president. I’d argue that Biden has given Harris opportunities to shine. They can’t prove themselves to the public.” Smoller: “Vice presidents are not supposed to be seen and certainly not heard. Sragow puts it this way: “A fair number of people think she doesn’t sound authentic.” “She faces some kind of charisma deficit I don’t understand,” he says. I called Fred Smoller, a political science professor at Chapman University. “Among those voters, there’s relatively little enthusiasm for her. “And the wind is not blowing at her back. “I look at them to see which way the wind is blowing,” DiCamillo says. The pollster says he regards independent voters as guideposts.
But they really don’t want her as president.” People in the state were somewhat proud of her. “Once she became vice president, the image of her went way up,” DiCamillo says. So, Harris isn’t being dragged down by her boss. Meanwhile, Biden’s job rating in California has risen to 57% approval, up 10 points in the last year. Black voters view Harris favorably, but their image of her has fallen by nine points.īiden’s 2020 voters now look on her less favorably by 15 points. Most significant, impressions of Harris have dropped sharply across the board since she became vice president - by 10 percentage points among all voters, 11 points among Democrats and 16 among independents. But independents’ views were 51% unfavorable. It was so-so: 46% favorable and 46% unfavorable. In the poll released last week, voters were asked their impression of Harris. In polling leading up to California’s primary, she was running fifth with only single-digit support. An IGS poll back then showed that 61% of voters thought she should give it up. Harris ran for president four years ago but dropped out before the first primary votes were cast. “Californians never have been that enthusiastic about her presidential ambitions or prospects,” notes Mark DiCamillo, the veteran IGS poll director. Black voters were the only major demographic group that expressed enthusiasm. Their answer: 59% would not be enthusiastic about it 37% would be.Īmong Democrats, 56% would be enthusiastic, but 63% of independents would not. Voters were asked how they would feel about Harris running for president next year if Biden didn’t. The survey of California registered voters was conducted by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies and cosponsored by The Times. Independents - officially labeled “no party preference” - vote in Democratic presidential primaries in California. It showed that she leaves a lot of home state voters cold - and not just Republicans, but many independents who represent 23% of the electorate. That concern was justified by a California poll last week. Many party activists are not sure the vice president has shown she is up to winning the top job.” The headline on a recent Washington Post analysis read: “ Some Democrats are worried about Harris’ political prospects…. Maybe too fast to acquire a lot of political acumen along the way.
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