Republicans fear Donald Trump's campaign strategy against Kamala Harris is failing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Trump has "the message, enthusiasm, ground game and war chest necessary to win on November 5", she added.
59% : "The concerns among allies are a remarkable shift from last month, when Trump had a comfortable polling lead over President Joe Biden and his narrow escape from assassination left supporters convinced he would sweep to victory in November's vote.
51% : Trump brought back some advisers from previous campaigns earlier this month, including his 2016 campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, as he sought to regain some impetus.
46% : "Right now I am exercising my right to a secret ballot, and probably will not decide on how I will vote until I vote on election day," he said.
44% : "Some Republican donors and operatives close to Trump remain upbeat, saying the race will shift to him again as Harris's policies on the economy and immigration are scrutinised ahead of their debate on September 10.
33% : John Feehery, a Republican strategist, described members of his party as "nervous" about Trump.
31% : "I think [Trump is] throwing a lot of spaghetti at the wall, which he always does during campaigns, to see what sticks," said Feehery.
30% : But Harris has mobilised her Democratic party's base since replacing Biden, overtaken Trump in polls and benefited from a surge in donations, putting him in a bind with little more than two months left in the campaign.
27% : ""Trump has signalled he's going to get back on offence and try to do more to define Harris, so we'll see if Republicans start to execute a more co-ordinated campaign and get some momentum back.
27% : While much of the Republican disquiet about Trump is concentrated among traditional conservatives with hawkish national security views -- who tended to back Haley in the primary -- others are concerned about his economic policy.
23% : Trump has sought to depict Harris as a radical socialist -- labelling her as "Comrade Kamala" -- as well as "Laughing Kamala", and as a political chameleon who keeps changing her policy positions.
21% : Harris is now 3.7 percentage points ahead of Trump in national polls, according to the Financial Times tracker, more than erasing Biden's deficit.
19% : "He called for Nikki Haley, the former UN ambassador and South Carolina governor who ran against Trump in the Republican primary, to be tapped for his transition team instead.
15% : Trump has also not helped himself with personal attacks -- including questioning Harris's race -- as well as rants and bizarre and off-colour posts on social media.

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