Harris team quietly courts big-name GOP endorsements

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85% : Given their experience working directly for Trump, Miller said, they have the greatest responsibility to warn others and their words would have the greatest impact.
45% : As polls show Harris and Trump remain in a tight race, the Harris campaign is hoping endorsements from former Republican luminaries will help win over Republican-leaning and independent voters who are deeply opposed to Trump but are struggling with the idea of voting for a Democrat in general or Harris specifically.Candidates often covet endorsements from the opposing party, as it allows them to expand their appeal to a wider audience.
40% : Cheney has said her endorsement of Harris stems from a desire to do everything possible to defeat Trump.
34% : "At the Democratic National Convention last month, the Harris campaign featured a number of Republicans on the main stage, including Kinzinger; Stephanie Grisham, a former press secretary in the Trump White House and top aide to first lady Melania Trump; and Olivia Troye, a former national security aide for Trump.
29% : "People take a pause and look and say, 'What is happening here, with all these different leaders and former administration people across all Republican administrations coming forward, and their voices being added to the chorus of why we will not support Trump?'" she said.
22% : Still, given Trump's dominance of the GOP, it is not clear whether there are enough wavering Republicans to affect the race -- and Trump, in private fundraisers, has dismissed the notion that Republican voters would support Harris, telling donors he is not worried about it.
17% : "The Harris campaign has also initiated outreach to Christie, who ran against Trump in the 2024 Republican primary, although he is not expected to endorse Harris, according to a person who has talked with him speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a private conversation.
14% : Even before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, prominent anti-Trump Republicans -- including Sarah Longwell, Bill Kristol and Tim Miller of the Bulwark, a center-right online publication that opposes Trump -- sent the Democratic campaign the names of prominent Republicans who they thought could be persuaded to endorse the Democrat.Miller, a former Republican strategist, described his role as "outside cajoler," as he has badgered the Harris campaign to ratchet up its efforts to pitch prominent Republicans on publicly supporting the vice president.
11% : As Trump makes his third run for the White House, the Harris campaign has ramped up its outreach to Republicans -- from the rank and file to some of the party's most recognizable figures -- in an effort to win votes and bolster its message that Trump represents a unique danger to American democracy.
9% : On Sept. 18, more than 100 former national security officials from Republican administrations signed a letter endorsing Harris and declaring Trump "unfit to serve.
8% : Since Donald Trump first won the Republican nomination in 2016, scores of lifelong Republicans have criticized Trump, many choosing to vote for Democrats and others leaving the GOP altogether.
3% : Romney, who has frequently criticized Trump, has also expressed concerns about endangering the safety of his family if Trump is elected again, a fear also voiced by others who have spoken out against the former president.

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