Opinion | Harris can win the debate by making it about who's hopeful -- and normal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : In the normality contest, he expects Trump to give her a lot of help.
47% : Even if Harris wins the state, most of its 67 counties, many of them small and rural, will vote for Trump.
28% : While the panel of journalists moderating Tuesday's event will and should ask about specific issues, the relatively small number of voters who are still undecided or might be open to switching are far likelier to judge Harris and Trump on their affect, coherence, empathy and toughness.
27% : Especially in a contest involving Trump.
17% : The coming face-to-face battle between Harris and Trump did not even come up in the Q&A until I raised it at the end of Dean's remarks.
17% : One of Harris's central jobs will be to persuade Republicans and conservative-leaning independents who voted for Trump but are exhausted that she is a safe alternative.

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