Democratic strategist David Axelrod stated he can be a “fool” to attempt to predict the end result of the 2024 election, arguing that the polling margins he is seen are “way too close to call.”
“I’d be a fool to answer that question because you’re talking about margins we have never seen before in polling,” Axelrod, who served as a senior adviser to former President Obama, stated Friday on CNN’s “The Situation Room.”
“You know, you’ve got seven battleground states. I think the largest margin on the average is like two points,” he informed host Wolf Blitzer. “And most of them are under one point when you look at polling averages.”
“And that’s just way too close to call. I don’t know,” he continued, including that it entails the query of which candidate has the “strongest organizations in these battleground states.”
Axelrod then famous that it’s an “open” query.
The Hill/Resolution Desk HQ’s (DDHQ) polling index at the moment reveals a margin of lower than 2 share factors between Vice President Harris and former President Trump within the essential swing states of Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina. In Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Nevada, the margin is lower than 1 level, in line with the information.
Nationally, The Hill/DDHQ’s numbers present Harris with a slight edge over Trump — 49.6 % to 47.4 % — however the race stays tight, with lower than three weeks left till Election Day.
When requested if Harris waited too lengthy to have large names like Obama and former first girl Michelle Obama campaigning for her, Axelrod got here to the vice chairman’s protection.
“No, I don’t think so. This is when there’s a great deal of focus. And, look, they’re using them in the way that I think they should be used,” he replied. “This is a ‘get out the vote’ time in this campaign.”
“There is an excitement element to what they’re doing out there. They attract big crowds. They draw attention to the campaign,” Axelrod continued. “And that is an organizational tool for a campaign that’s trying to get voters engaged in voters to come out.”
Throughout the interview, Blitzer additionally requested about backlash Obama confronted for his feedback calling on Black males to prove for Harris in November.
Obama, who was campaigning in Pennsylvania earlier this month, informed the gang that regardless of Harris elevating upward of $1 billion, “we have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running.”
Axelrod backed Obama, arguing that “he’ll lead with” different “motivational” remarks subsequent time.
“Look, one thing I know about him, because I’ve spent a lot of time with him over the years, Wolf, is he’s a very fast learner. He takes in people’s responses and reaction,” he stated. “I’m sure he did some reflection on how he approached that particular conversation. I haven’t talked to him about it, but I’m sure that he did.”
“And, you know, he said other things in that conversation that didn’t get covered that were very motivational. And my guess is that he’ll lead with that the next time,” he added.
