Politics
NEW: Kamala Humiliated As Her Presidential Hopes Drop To New Lows
The road to future elected office is becoming rockier by the day for former Vice President Kamala Harris, with new polling suggesting that voters are more apathetic than ever about a future White House run.
Since leaving office, Harris has hinted that she’s oscillating between competing desires to run for president or governor of California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom is term-limited and won’t be seeking reelection next year. Harris is reportedly giving herself until the end of the summer to make a final decision, aides have said.
And although she would undoubtedly lead a packed field of aspirational Democrats in 2028, polling data suggest that she may not hold on to that lead for long.
A survey of bettors on one of the internet’s top political gambling sites place Harris’s chances of winning about about “equal odds” with President Donald Trump being elected for a third term, joked Donald Trump, Jr. He shared a Fox News report showing that just 4% of those placing bets on the site believe Harris will be Trump’s successor.
Instead, it’s Vice President J.D. Vance who is walking away with the contest at 28% while Newsom trails in a distant second at 14%. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has declared his intention to run, and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who is openly flirting with doing so, are tied for third place at 11%.
“It’s just as likely there will be a constitutional amendment to add a third term for Trump as it is for Kamala to win a national election after being her party’s nominee. Hilarious!” laughed Trump, Jr.
Neither is California proving to be a favorable ground for the former veep. According to polls back in May, the state’s liberal base of voters does not want their next governor to be focused almost entirely on fighting Trump, while also indicating they desire a change agent in the corner office.
“I sense that this is the best shot for someone to be elected statewide in California who’s not a Democrat for at least 20 years, and I think the evident reason for that is the failure of one-party rule,” Steve Hilton, a Republican candidate in the race, said in response to the news.
“The candidate who’s going to win in 2026, regardless of party label, is the change candidate. Kamala Harris is the one who least represents change.”
Regardless of which electoral cycle she chooses, Harris is sure to face a barrage of questions about her knowledge of former President Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline. The release of a new book by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson has led to a steady drip of revelations about Biden, including falling asleep during debate prep, forgetting the names of longtime aides, and potentially using a wheelchair if he were to win a second term.
Harris was a vocal defender of Biden while he was still in the race, declaring him “very much alive” after questions about his health began to emerge in the mainstream media.