Lynn Schmidt: Anti-MAGA alone may not be enough for a Harris victory

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : But elections are also about policy and here is where Trump has an advantage over Harris.
49% : In the same ABC News/Ipsos poll, Americans trust Trump over Harris to handle the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border (Trump +9), the economy (Trump +8), and inflation (Trump +8).
41% : This is even with Trump bouncing all over the place with his views on reproductive rights.
27% : On key issues and policies, Trump continues to out-poll Harris on the economy, inflation and immigration.
24% : The one issue over which Harris leads Trump -- and by a wide margin -- is abortion.
19% : Conservative Stephen Hayes, co-founder of The Dispatch, recently posted the following on X: "Trump is a dangerous demagogue, uniquely unfit to serve another term as president.
12% : Opposing Trump doesn't require pretending Harris is something she's not.
12% : More Americans say they trust Harris over Trump to handle that issue.
9% : Or to flip it around: If Harris wins and Trump loses, Harris should remember it was likely an anti-Trump coalition that put her over 270 electoral votes.
8% : If Trump wins in November and Harris loses, Democrats will default to blaming the electorate for being racist and/or misogynistic.

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