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Kamala Harris is considering running for California governor next year.
Sources told The Hill that although the former vice president “hasn’t made a final decision yet and is still considering all her options,” the possibility of running for California governor “has given her a renewed sense of excitement.”
According to The Hill, “Those who have spoken to Harris about the possibility of entering the race say it has given her a renewed sense of excitement and, as one source put it, ‘a glimmer in her eyes.’”
Recent polling has suggested Harris is a clear favourite among Democrats to replace incumbent Gavin Newsom.
In one survey, Harris received 57% of support from voters to be the next governor.
The news comes as the Democrat party still struggles to come to terms with the scale of its defeat to Donald Trump last year.
It has been suggested the party could face a breakaway Tea Party-style movement as anger among the party’s base grows.
According to a detailed analysis of polling data conducted by Politico in March, “Just 40 percent of Democrats approve of the job performance of congressional Democrats, compared to 49 percent who disapprove. That’s a dramatic change from this time last year, when 75 percent of Democrats approved compared to just 21 percent who disapproved. The Democratic base’s disillusionment runs so deep that it’s eerily reminiscent of Republican grassroots sentiment in the period leading up to Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party.”
These data are “unlike any in recent history” and suggest the Democrats are “on the verge of a Tea Party-style, intra-party revolt.”
The first time the Democrats lost to Donald Trump, congressional approval ratings actually went up, because voters agreed with the way the party opposed him. The same trend was noticeable among Republican voters in 2020, despite Trump’s loss.
The data clearly suggest that anger among Democrat voters is directed at the party’s leadership. There seems to be no clear sign that voters want the party to be more left, less left or just stay the same.
Instead, voters believe party leadership isn’t doing enough to resist Trump.
