CNN host Chris Wallace admitted Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris needs a “miracle” to pull off an Election Day victory, given the voter sentiment measured in exit polls.
“I got to say, I think that with the present conditions in the country — I mean, in conventional terms, it would be a miracle that Kamala Harris could win with that kind of headwind,” Wallace said, referring to the network’s exit poll showing voters are dissatisfied with the current state of the country by a 3-to-1 margin.
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The veteran journalist noted CNN’s exit polls showed voters giving Democratic President Biden “41% approve [and] 58% disapprove” ratings — which didn’t bode well for Harris because she “was part of the administration.
“[I]f she is able to overcome those numbers and still win this election, then she has done a remarkable job of somehow separating herself — [and showing] that she’s part of the solution and not part of the problem,” Wallace said.
CNN’s exit polls further showed that 61% of voters felt “America’s best days are in the future” — signaling discontent with the current state of affairs — and only 7% are “enthusiastic” about “the way things are going in the US.”
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Seventy-two percent of voters told the outlet — after voting in Tuesday’s presidential election — that they were “angry” or “dissatisfied” about the state of the nation.
CNN’s exit polls lined up with what voters told other pollsters on Election Day.
A Fox News Voter Analysis, released in the final hours of voting, showed about 70% of respondents believe the country is on the wrong track.
Only 13% indicated that they or their family were “getting ahead” in the current economy, and 63% rated current economic conditions as “not so good” or “poor.”
