Democrats frustrated with poll showing voters see Trump as more moderate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : "Trump when compared to Harris and her previously stated positions as an authentic progressive, has worked to present himself as more mainstream and in line with working-class concerns.
54% : "Harris ran for president in the 2020 cycle and adopted a number of liberal positions as she battled candidates such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Democratic primary.
43% : "This is the challenge of Trump having been around for so long, some people are forgetting how dangerous and erratic he was in the White House," she said.
42% : It was also intended to counterattack efforts by Trump and the GOP to present Harris, an attorney general and former U.S. senator from California, as a San Francisco liberal.
40% : "Look, it's not a simple or easy path for either of these candidates to credibly claim the centrist mantle in this race, but Trump is gaining an edge there," he said.
36% : Yet this isn't new for Trump.
34% : "When asked if Trump was too conservative, not conservative enough, or not too far either way, 49 percent say he is "not too far either way"Asked about Harris, 47 percent of likely voters said they viewed her as "too liberal or progressive," 9 percent said "not liberal or progressive enough" and 41 percent said "not too far either way.
33% : "Mollineau argued that Trump has aligned himself with "the most conservative members of the Republican Party" and that Democrats need to do a better job of messaging to win over voters who see Trump as the more moderate candidate.
32% : One Democratic strategist conceded, "Being a Black female politician from San Francisco is going to invoke visions of 'wild-eyed liberal' even when you're not."Another strategist said the worry among some Democrats is that Trump will be successful in distancing himself from conservative positions.
31% : Harris ended up dropping out of the race before the Iowa caucuses, but the positions have stuck with her in the form of attacks from Trump.
28% : At the same time, 16 percent of those surveyed saw Trump as conservative on almost all issues, 28 percent said he was conservative on most issues and 40 percent said he was a mix of liberal and conservative.
26% : But a poll released by The New York Times and Siena College found more voters see Harris as too liberal than see Trump as too conservative.
25% : Democratic strategist Nayyera Haq said voters have forgotten what Trump was like in office.
24% : The survey suggests GOP attacks on Harris have been effective in painting her as farther to the left and that Democratic attacks on Trump as an extremist have not landed as solidly.
21% : The New York Times/Siena poll out earlier this week revealed that only 32 percent of likely voters say Trump is "too conservative.
20% : "His own chief of staff and military generals consider him a national security risk, and Trump suggested putting bleach in your veins to cure COVID.
18% : Democrats are voicing frustrations at polling that shows more voters see former President Trump as the moderate candidate in the presidential race against Vice President Harris.Democrats for years have cast Trump as an extremist who is a threat to democracy.
14% : Trump has run against cutting Social Security and Medicare, and he's moved to the center in GOP debates on abortion.

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