If you’re running a political campaign, the one person you never want to be compared to is Hillary Clinton. The twice-failed presidential candidate went down in history after losing to Donald Trump in 2016, and plenty of speculation has revolved around whether her defeat was preventable. Most infamously, she never set foot in Wisconsin because she was confident the so-called “blue wall” states would hold.
Ultimately, they didn’t, and Trump walked away with Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and the entire election. Now, Democrats are beginning to panic, and the comparisons to Clinton are getting scarier by the minute.
A data analysis of Obama’s campaign in 2008 and Clinton’s 2016 bid shows that Harris’ schedule more closely reflects the latter than the former
And Democrats worry that a campaign insisting Harris is the “underdog” is running like she’s protecting a lead…