Democrats Did the Right Thing: Lichtman on Harris

Published 2024-07-29
Allan Lichtman, American University History Professor, states that the Democrats did absolutely the right thing by uniting behind Vice President Harris, and shares his insights on whether or not the person she chooses as her running mate will be important to persuade voters. Litchman speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on Bloomberg's "Balance of Power."
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All Comments (21)
  • Harris will probably play it fairly safe in choosing a VP. Doesn't want to take the negative attention away from Vance.
  • @flipw3605
    I hope he is right. America needs to look forward and not backward. The GOP needs to sort itself out.
  • @ckSport3000
    Curtis, 57, retired Navy ad life long Reagan republican.. voting HARRIS. I am a never Trumper, and can't get behind a depraved pathological liar. If the GOP reverts to values and people like McCain or Romney.. I'll give it another look.
  • @vanadyan1674
    I am a law and order guy myself, so if my choice is between a prosecutor and a convicted felon, I'm voting for the prosecutor.
  • @aggman1357
    I was very worried about Biden backing out because of Lichtman. I am very relieved that he thinks Dems still can win.
  • Let's gooooo!!! Vote blue all the way and spread the word. Register to vote and again.. vote blue!!
  • @blauewaffel1469
    They did the right thing by uniting behind Kamala and not having an open contest. Not by replacing Biden
  • @AdrianMunch
    I’m so very proud of the Democrat party. I’m proud to be a supporter. I voted for Reagan in 1980, and I’m still regretting that vote. I’ve not regretted any since.
  • “The first party to retire it’s eighty year old candidate. Is going to be the party that wins the election.” Nikki Haley
  • @KTPurdy
    I think Kamala has suck the oxygen out of the room for RFK Jr.
  • seems like this interviewer lacks basic listening comprehension abilities if he genuinely believes Harris was calling "half the country" weird. That's obviously not what she said. I don't even know how you get that from what she said? what kind of a question was that?
  • @Thomas-fx1kq
    The interviewer tried to throw shade on Kamala, but Lichtman wasn't having. The interviewer was being a bit deplorable.
  • I don't trust polls, but I do trust data. I especially trust Dr. Lichtman's methodology and respect his tremendous knowledge and skills.
  • @susankelly5516
    I was so honored to be part of the answer the call white women. Zoom kept crashing, but it was exciting and the speakers were exciting and I am in my family is excited about the turn of events. Please don’t get me wrong. We love President Biden, and we honor and respect that he stepped aside and put the nation first it could not have been easy to do but I’m so grateful he did and it was the right thing to do.