Analysis: Harris gets a dream start, but the task ahead is monumental

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Trump is known for misogynistic and racially charged rhetoric that could turn the next few months into the most searing general election in years.
39% : After replacing Biden as the figurehead of the campaign, Harris is now leading an effort that has as its foundation an attempt to save democracy from Trump.
39% : A CNN poll at the end of June showed, for instance, that in a hypothetical matchup against Trump, the vice president outpolled her boss among women voters, political independents and movable voters.
38% : Trump has seemed momentarily thrown off by the swift shift in Democratic candidates after Biden recognized the unsustainable nature of his bid for a second term that would have ended when he is 86.
29% : Trump, after all, has usually led polling on issues that matter most to voters -- from immigration to national security and the economy.
28% : No matter, Trump was hailed at last week's GOP convention as a strongman hero touched by divine providence following an assassination attempt that, along with the debate and the elevation of Harris, represented three of the most momentous events in the history of modern White House campaigns within a four-week span.
26% : One of the two parties has now given voters what they have told pollsters they want for months -- a choice of a candidate who is not named Biden or Trump.

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