With President Joe Biden's exit from the presidential race last month, Vice President Kamala Harris was almost immediately crowned as the party's official Democratic nominee.
The vice president, who was wildly unpopular with American voters and even within her own party, was suddenly elevated by the media and Democrats to a savior-level nominee.
The boost in polling was virtually instant, thanks again to her mainstream media allies and incessant, presumably fake praise from high-level Democrats.
But according to JustTheNews, Harris' polling surge looks as though it's receding hard, as new data shows former President Donald Trump back in his strong position.
At the beginning of the month, Harris actually pulled ahead of Trump in some major polls as her boost was peaking.
But a survey of 3,000 likely voters by Napolitan News and veteran pollster Scott Rasmussen taken most recently shows that Trump is back in the lead, besting Harris 46% to 45%.
The outlet noted:
When voters who said they were leaning toward a candidate were included, the survey found Trump ahead 49% to 47%.
Harris was leading Trump 44% to 43% in the same survey a week ago, and enjoyed a five-point lead in the same poll on Aug. 2 shortly after taking over the top of the Democrat ticket. In that poll, Harris was up 47% to 42%, Rasmussen reported.
Rasmussen explained what he believes is happening, and described Harris' initial polling surge as a political "sugar high."
"These numbers suggest that the initial Harris bounce is over,” Rasmussen told the outlet. "However, the core dynamics of the race remain unchanged. Love him or hate him, voters know what they think of Donald Trump. At this point in time, Kamala Harris remains largely unknown."
He admitted that there are still plenty of unknowns that keep the race neck-and-neck.
"That means events like the upcoming Democratic convention and presidential debates could have a bigger impact than usual," Rasmussen added. "As a result, the race for the White House remains too close to call. Anybody who says they know who will win is either lying to you or to themselves."
The veteran pollster noted that Trump's voters are more apt to get out and vote than Harris' supporters, which gives Trump a huge edge should overall turnout be lower than normal in November.
Trump's voters have always polled higher in actual excitement to vote, compared to Harris' and Biden's polls that show Democrats aren't really inspired by their leaders' policy visions, but have focused instead on simply beating Trump, which won't be enough to energize the numbers they need.
Only time will tell whose base turns out in force in November, but it still not time to get complacent.
