US: Americans can expect to see more of Vice President Kamala Harris

US: As the race for president against former President Donald Trump draws nearer, Americans can anticipate seeing more of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Following her debate with Trump, Harris will try to increase her profile in key swing states in the coming weeks as she fights to win over moderate and undecided voters in order to position herself for success in November.

Harris is anticipated to start taking part in more media interviews as she rides the wave of support from the debate into a tour of states that are considered to be battlegrounds. This will help people feel more certain that she is prepared to lead the nation.

She started her campaign Thursday afternoon with a rally in Charlotte and ended it that evening in Greensboro. Despite the fact that Republicans have won the previous three presidential elections in North Carolina, Harris has made the state one of his main targets because he believes that Black and younger people in the Tar Heel State will be more enthusiastic.

Harris plans to capitalize on the Democratic Party’s lift in morale after Tuesday’s debate on ABC News. According to polls, most viewers thought Harris had won because she was able to subtly poke fun at Trump’s image among foreign leaders and the size of his crowds while promoting her economic policies.

According to a Reuters/Ipsos survey that was issued on Thursday, Harris’s position in the polls rose after the debate; however, it is unclear whether this will have an impact on results from other national and swing state surveys in the close contest.

Following her rallies in North Carolina, Harris will go to Pennsylvania on Friday to campaign in the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre region, which historically supported Democrats but has recently sided with Republicans. In the meanwhile, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, her campaign partner, intends to visit Wisconsin and Michigan.

Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek that Harris “needs to hit the campaign trail hard” and has “no time to waste” because of her late entrance into the race.

According to Panagopoulos, President Joe Biden made 51 appearances in the autumn of 2020 while Trump made 68. Biden withdrew from the 2024 election in July due to worries about his age and capacity to win. To equal that, he argued, Harris would have to make at least one appearance per day.

“A robust schedule will also reinforce the energetic, generational contrast she seeks to make against Trump and sustain the relatively high level of enthusiasm among Democratic activists and volunteers,” he said.

According to him, campaign visits will help increase her campaign’s exposure in local markets, especially in swing states where the outcome of the election will be determined.

According to Newsweek, voters “need to become comfortable with her and the more they see her, the more familiar she becomes.” Tammy Vigil is a senior associate dean at Boston University’s College of Communication.

“Increasing her activities from now until the election is a vital step. She really has to develop into a person whose name people can pronounce easily,” the woman said.

Vigil said that Harris has to provide voters with a compelling cause to support her rather than depending only on their distaste for Trump in order to win their support. Voters are more inclined to think her an appealing candidate the more involved she is.

Politico revealed that Harris’s campaign advisors had informed her that she will begin giving more interviews with the media, including some with “unconventional outlets.” According to NBC News, Harris will be speaking more with the press corps and interacting with local media in swing states.

At press time on Thursday, the public was unaware of any more information on the nature of her upcoming media appearances.

While there is a chance of “missteps” for applicants who undertake a lot of interviews, Panagopoulos said that the advantages of such exposure are still “huge.””

By being “holed-up,” she cannot win the race, he said.

“Harris must continue to pique Americans’ interest in her campaign, and the best way to do so is to demonstrate her unwavering commitment to the position. Voters are grateful for that. She wants to avoid giving the impression that she is taking any vote for granted,” he said.

Republicans have put pressure on Harris to make additional media appearances, claiming that she is attempting to dodge questions about her views. She has only been in one televised interview so far, costarring with Walz on CNN in August.

Additionally, Harris is anticipated to keep outspending Trump in crucial swing states. After Harris was nominated, Democrats’ fundraising exploded, enabling her to air more TV commercials in competitive districts.

As of September 10, AdImpact statistics showed that Harris had more ad support in every state. Trump had $63 million set out for advertisements in Pennsylvania, while Harris had $75 million. Harris set aside $59 million in Michigan, whereas Trump only had $37 million set up. In Georgia, $31 million has been set up for Trump and $40 million for Harris.

Trump has set aside $27 million and Harris $32 million in Wisconsin. The data shows that Harris and Trump have set aside $37 million and $21 million, respectively, for future ad support in Arizona and $31 million and $16 million, in North Carolina.

Additionally, AdImpact revealed on Tuesday that Harris’s future bookings totaled $334 million, surpassing Trump’s $202 million.

According to Vigil, Harris may benefit from “well-placed ads with debate clips that also underscore her actual plans” in swing states. The campaign of the Democratic nominee released a new commercial on Thursday that focused on a discussion on abortion that transpired during the debate between the two candidates.

In the video, Harris responded to Trump’s claim that he appointed justices to the Supreme Court who voted to reverse Roe v. Wade, the historic decision that for many years protected women’s rights to procreate.

“You want to discuss whether this is what the public desired? Patients who are bleeding out in a parking lot automobile are pregnant women who wish to take their pregnancy to term but are refused assistance in an emergency hospital because the medical staff fears they may go to prison. In the highlighted video, Harris said, “She didn’t want that.”

Republicans have a hard place with abortion; after the overturning of Roe, they did poorly in the 2022 midterm elections. In an effort to stop the “red wave,” Democrats highlighted the issue, and voters in a number of states—including ones with a Republican leaning—have voted in favor of protecting abortion rights. By drawing attention to Trump’s anti-abortion stances, Democrats hope to sway moderate and female voters in battleground areas.

But Vigil said she wouldn’t advise Harris to take part in another debate.
“There is nothing more to prove in that arena, and there is only potential downside for her in another face-off (no matter how well she performs, it won’t be perceived as well as the first debate),” she said.

Following the debate, Harris’s team made it clear that she would be amenable to another debate with Trump. On Thursday, Trump, however, said that there “will be no third debate” in a post on Truth Social.