Harris focuses on winning over disaffected Republicans as the election draws near

]Kamala Harris is zeroing in on a key group of voters: Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who can’t get themselves to support Donald Trump.

Vice President Kamala Harris is increasingly zeroing in on a group of voters her campaign believes could make a critical difference in several key battleground states: Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who can’t get themselves to support former President Donald Trump.

On Wednesday, Harris held an event with many of her leading Republican surrogates in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — a crucial swing area of the key battleground state. In rural western Pennsylvania one day prior, her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, held an event at the farm of a former Trump voter.

Those events followed a much-hyped rally in Wisconsin where Harris appeared alongside former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., during which Harris touted support from her and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who left office with notably low approval ratings. On Saturday, the Harris campaign announced a battleground state tour of panels with the younger Cheney.

The Harris campaign — which believes these voters are being undercounted in polling — had them front of mind when scheduling an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, just before her event with Republican supporters.

This voting bloc has also played a big role in the thinking behind her pitch of a bipartisan policy council in her White House and pledge to tap a Republican for her Cabinet, as well as her drift from the left-wing positions she pitched during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/harris-disaffected-republicans-election-rcna175679

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