Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?

A WEEK is a long time in politics, and this has been a good one for Kamala Harris and the Democrats. The sense of impending doom that had surrounded the party for months has evaporated, there is renewed energy in the base, and Donald Trump and his outriders appear rattled.

And it is not just vibes: the turnaround shows up in hard data. Three new polls published on Wednesday (Jul 24) give the vice-president a higher approval rating than Trump, something that had not happened for President Joe Biden in months.

Notably, Harris’ boost is not coming from previously decided voters switching their allegiance, but from winning over previously undecided and third-party voters, particularly the young, Black and Latino electorates that Biden had been struggling to persuade.