The numerous, still fresh struggles of the past four years weigh heavy on voter's minds
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Texas Insider Report) — Most voters consider taxes a very important issue in this year’s Presidential Election, and, they expect taxes to go up should Vice President Kamala Harris win the election in November.
According to the latest Rasmussen Reports National Telephone & Online Survey conducted on September 5th and on September 8th-10th:
- 52% of "Likely U.S. Voters" believe that if Kamala Harris is elected president, she is more likely to raise taxes.
- Just 25% think Harris is more likely to lower taxes,
- while 17% say she would keep taxes about the same.
- To see survey question wording, click here.
The survey of 881 Likely U.S. Voters has a margin of sampling error of +/- 3 percentage points, with a 95% level of confidence.
Harris is Struggling to Separate Herself from the Biden-Harris Record
And despite having had what many viewed as being a successful Democrat Convention last month, Harris continues to suffer from a lack of seperation when it comes to herself and her record as part of the Joe Biden & Kamala Harris Administration .
Earlier in the month – as the numerous and still fresh struggles of the past four years linger on voter's minds – a separate Rasmussen Survey found that:
- 32% of "Likely U.S. Voters" said that Harris deserves "a lot of blame" for the failures of Biden White House’s policies,
- while 23% see her as deserving "some of the blame."
- 25% think Harris doesn’t deserve much of the blame for Biden-Harris Administration's failures, and
- Just 15% said they believe Harris deserves "none at all."
- To see survey question wording, click here.
A key factor driving Harris's poor performance on the taxes and Biden-seperation issues may be her campaign's lack of making Candidate Harris available to flesh out her policy positions – and her plans for leading the country into the future.
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- Democrats have been privately acknowledging a growing sense of anxiety over Harris's ability – and are concerned especially about her potential impact on down ballot races across the country,
Since being appointed the Democrat Party’s nominee, Harris has only granted one major media interview.
As a result, most voters say they believe she should do more – and even following the Trump-Harris Presidential Debate, numerous focus groups indiicated after the event that voters still felt they didn't have anough information to form an opinion about Harris's candidacy.
The Rasmussen Survey conducted September 5th and September 8th-10th found that:
- 78% of "Likely U.S. Voters" believe it’s important for Harris to give interviews to the news media, including
- 54% who say it’s "Very Important," while
- Only 19% say they don’t think it’s important for Harris to be answering the media's questions or to be giving media interviews.
- To see survey question wording, click here.
The survey of 881 Likely U.S. Voters has a margin of sampling error of +/- 3 percentage points, with a 95% level of confidence.
Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.
