Harris's team claims she's no longer the underdog, but Trump team scoffs [View all]
Source: Washington Post
Updated November 3, 2024 at 12:40 p.m. EST|Published November 3, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST
ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris has spent much of the past two months portraying herself as the underdog in the effectively tied race against former president Donald Trump.
In recent days, however, the Democratic presidential nominee and her top aides have struck a somewhat more optimistic tone in public, conveying to supporters and the media that they expect to win the race — albeit by narrow margins.
Trump’s campaign counters that the unusually large numbers of Republicans who have cast ballots early are a sign of the Republican nominee’s strength, and his aides have boasted that they remain on offense, with Trump visiting New Mexico and Virginia, two states that many observers believe are out of reach for Republicans, in the final week of the campaign.
But Harris’s significant financial advantage over Trump has allowed her to hire more staff, spend more on advertising and build a more robust digital and texting operation.
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