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Thu Mar 14 2024

Sudiksha Kochi | Congress, Campaigns and Democracy Reporter

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Hey OnPolitics readers! Despite efforts by the White House to revamp Vice President Kamala Harris's image, she continues to struggle in winning over Americans outside of the Democratic tent, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll shows.

The national survey found 52% of registered voters disapprove of her job performance as President Joe Biden's vice president, USA TODAY's Phillip M. Bailey, Joey Garrison and your OnPolitics author reported. About 36% approve of how she's handling the role, trailing Biden's almost equally dismal 41% approval rating.

Here are some other takeaways from the poll:

❌ More than half don't view Harris as qualified to be president: A significant portion lack of confidence in her ability to take over should Biden be unable to lead: 54% of survey respondents said Harris isn't qualified to serve as president versus 38% who believe she has what it takes.

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✅ Queen of the Dems: VP scores big with Black voters: The poll isn't all doom and gloom for Harris, who is immensely popular among fellow Democrats. Overall, 76% of voters who identified as Democrats approve of Harris' job performance, which slightly trails the 84% of Democratic voters who approve of Biden's performance in office.

Harris gets her highest marks from Black voters, who at 51% approve of her job performance, compared to 33% of white voters and 39% of Hispanic voters.