Democratic Voter Enthusiasm Is At Its Highest Since Obama

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Daily Kos, Oct. 31, 2024. Ed. - PHOTO: Vice President Kamala Harris greets supporters during a campaign rally at the Alliant Energy Center, Oct. 30, 2024, Madison, Wisc.
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign should be happy with new polling from Gallup, which shows Democratic enthusiasm among its highest ever—and Republican enthusiasm lagging far behind. The poll, which was fielded Oct. 14-27, finds that 77% of registered Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents are more excited than usual to vote, just above 75% in 2020 and 76% in 2008.

Compare that to Republicans, though: Only 67% of Republicans or Republican-leaning independents are more excited than usual.

Gallup also finds that Democrats are more likely to vote before Election Day, writing: Democratic voters continue to be significantly more likely than Republican voters to cast early ballots. Currently, 63% of registered voters who are Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents have already voted or plan to vote before Election Day, compared with 47% of Republicans and Republican leaners.

The 16-percentage-point Democratic-Republican gap is similar to what Gallup measured in the 2020 election (74% for Democrats and 56% for Republicans). Before 2020, Republicans and Democrats were about equally likely to vote early. Which makes sense. The Republican Party has sent its voters mixed messages about early voting, promoting it at the same time they denigrate it.

Part of that gap in enthusiasm might be because while Harris has continued to campaign on creating a better future for voters, Trump has mostly spent his time telling MAGA crowds that the United States is a “garbage can.” He stokes fear and anger, and along with the election-fraud lies being peddled in the right-wing media sphere, it generates the opposite of enthusiasm...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/31/2281334/-Democratic-voter-enthusiasm-is-at-its-highest-since-Obama