Chauncey McLean, of Future Forward USA , told a panel hosted by the University of Chicago Institute of Politics that internal polling numbers are “much less rosy” than what the public sees.
“We have it tight as a tick, and pretty much across the board,” McLean said.
His comments came as the vice-president was due to be crowned as the party’s candidate at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Recent polls by The New York Times /Siena College, Emerson College and CBS/YouGov have affirmed that Harris is leading Trump by a minimal margin – even in some key swing states. Those numbers are a fairly significant change from just a month ago when Trump led Joe Biden by several points.
But McLean says Future Forward’s polling operation indicates the race is still extremely tight.
“Since the vice-president became the nominee, we talked to 375,000 Americans,” McLean said. “What you see in the public polls – you know, a large public poll is [only] 1,000 surveys.”
But Harris’s entrance into the 2024 race has opened up several pathways to victory that Biden did not necessarily have. That is thanks to newfound support from young people of color, McLean said.
But still, Harris will need to win one of three key swing states, Georgia, North Carolina or Pennsylvania, in order to win, Reuters reported.
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