CNN's data guru says he'd 'roll the dice' on Kamala Harris if she were a Dem donor

CNN data reporter Harry Enten said Monday that he would “roll the dice” on Vice President Kamala Harris as President Joe Biden's replacement on the ballot if she were a Democratic donor.

Biden has it resisted calls to be sidelined after a poor performance on June 27 debate with former President Donald Trump on CNN, during which Pres it froze and done multiple verbal gaffes Enten told “CNN Newsroom” anchor Pamela Brown that Harris is doing better with independent voters in the polls.

“If you look at the polling average, he's actually doing a little bit better than Joe Biden versus Donald Trump,” Enten said. “While Joe Biden is behind Donald Trump by three points nationally in an average of the polls, Kamala Harris is only behind Donald Trump by a single point. And the reason for that is, remember, we have the left side of this country, Democrat, we have the right side of this country, Republican, but elections tend to be won in the middle, among independents.”

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“And look at this difference: Among independents, when you compare Joe Biden against Donald Trump and Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, Donald Trump leads among independents when he's against Biden by four points,” Enten continued. “Look at this matchup, though, against Kamala Harris. In fact, Kamala Harris is up five points. That's the big reason why Harris is better in the overall numbers against Donald Trump than Joe Biden. She, in a nutshell, does better with voters in the middle.”

Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas was the first Democrat in Congress named for Biden to retire after the debate. Democratic representatives Raul Grijalva of Arizona, Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, Mike Quigley of Illinois and Angie Craig of Minnesota have also issued statements calling for him to resign, and four additional Democrats, including New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, did so during a phone call Sunday with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

“I'll also note that there are far fewer voters who at this particular moment have an opinion of Harris than Biden, and all of those voters tend to have a negative opinion of Joe Biden,” Enten said. “The fact is that Harris, in my mind, simply can't do any worse than Biden, given how unpopular Donald Trump is, and that's why, in my opinion, the independents flow, flow to Harris in comparison . to Biden against Donald Trump, because the fact is that Biden is so unpopular with them.”

Biden currently trails Trump by 3.3% in a national head-to-head matchup, seconds in the RealClearPolling polling average. Trump's leadership grows up to 4.9% when independent candidates Cornel West and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are included. and Green Party candidate Jill Stein.

“If I were a Democratic donor, if I were a Democratic activist, I might be willing to roll the dice because at this particular moment, Joe Biden is doing far worse than he's ever done against Donald Trump, and that's specifically true among independent voters,” Enten concluded.

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