Does Kamala Harris Have a Better Shot of Beating Trump Than Biden? Catholic Political Experts Weigh In

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : "The likely nomination of Harris as the Democrats' presidential nominee brings a great deal more energy and excitement, and it also reunifies the party in its effort to defeat Trump," said professor Geoffrey Layman, chair of the department of political science at the University of Notre Dame.
48% : Along with newfound enthusiasm, new campaign strategies and tactics have emerged in the Democratic Party's efforts to prevent Trump from winning a second term, including efforts to frame the race as being between "a prosecutor and a perpetrator" and to shift strategy in the Electoral College to better reflect Harris' strengths.
45% : "With a woman of Black and Asian descent at the top of the ticket and Trump having passed over Tim Scott as his running mate, I think the Black vote will now be as heavily in the Democrats' favor as it's been in the for the last 60 years," Layman said.
40% : Her status as the first Black female vice president is likely to blunt Trump's momentum with Black voters -- a June New York Times/Siena poll found Trump winning 30% of the Black vote against Biden, which would be a historic showing for a Republican politician.
38% : A Quinnipiac poll released earlier this week found Harris trailing Trump by 19 points among voters aged 18-34, which is a gap that must be closed should she have a shot at winning in November.
24% : "There will be a much more energetic and aggressive effort to go hard after Trump, his many weaknesses, and the Trump-Vance policy agenda.
18% : Instead, Trump plans to attack Harris' record as Biden's "Border Czar" and tie her to the rest of the administration's record on the economy, particularly in relation to tie-breaking votes she cast on "inflation-reduction" bills as president of the Senate.
12% : It also casts light upon Trump's loss to E. Jean Carroll in civil court earlier this year, for which a nine-person jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse, but not of rape.
11% : "Trump to Frame Harris as More of the SameNumerous reports indicate Trump's desire to define Harris in terms of competency and avoid character attacks.

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