Former Obama adviser David Axelrod on Sunday warned against over-reliance on Vice President Kamala Harris, saying former President Trump may still be ahead in key states that will decide the race.
“This is a very competitive race. If the election were today, I'm not sure who would win, and I think it could very well be President Trump because it's an Electoral College fight,” Axelrod said.
A recent Survey conducted by Ipsos Trump and Harris are close to or virtually tied in seven key states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada. Harris is receiving 42% of the vote in the seven key states, compared to Trump's 40% and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy's 5%.
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Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said that despite Vice President Harris' dramatic entry to the top of the Democratic ticket, former President Trump may still be ahead in key states. (CNN)
“I've said several times here that for a Democrat to win those battleground states, he or she has to have a significant advantage in the Electoral College,” he said.
“It's good to be enthusiastic. That enthusiasm is very, very important for the Democratic Party, but you have to turn it into energetic action to win elections,” Axelrod continued.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton defeated Trump by two points in the national popular vote, but still lost the Electoral College and the election. In 2020, Biden won by about four points in the popular vote, but Trump came close to winning the election due to Biden's narrow margins in the battleground states of Wisconsin, Arizona, and Georgia.
Axelrod, who rankled Biden's inner circle with her criticism of the president while he was a candidate, said Harris' campaign has made rapid and “extraordinary” progress with voters, especially compared to how the race looked during the Republican National Convention (RNC) last month.
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About 52% of respondents in key states said inflation was the most important problem facing the country, while 32% said immigration was the most pressing issue, according to an Ipsos poll conducted between July 31 and Aug. 7. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
“We were all in Milwaukee a month ago and there was euphoria there and a sense that this race was over, that they were going to win by a landslide, maybe sweep large majorities in the House and the Senate and things have changed dramatically,” he said, referring to the RNC in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
About 52% of respondents in key states said inflation was the most important problem facing the country, while 32% said immigration was the most pressing issue, according to an Ipsos poll conducted between July 31 and Aug. 7.
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Harris' campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Fox News' Timothy H.J. Nerozzi contributed to this report.
