On the eve of the virtual Democratic convention new polling shows strong support for Biden’s VP choice Kamala Harris

On the eve of the virtual Democratic convention new polling shows strong support for Biden’s VP choice Kamala Harris

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll has good news for the Democrats on the eve of their virtual convention and after a week which has seen Kamala Harris become Biden’s VP pick.

The data shows that more Americans approve than disapprove of Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris by a 25-point margin, 54% to 29%. Amongst Republican voters the split is is 25-55% – so quite a high proportion backing the Senator from California.

The split amongst Democrats is 86-8%.

Another positive figure for the party from the poll is that among independents, potential swing voters in presidential elections the split is 52-29%.

Mike Smithson

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