Now that she's the official nominee, is anyone else excited about Kamala Harris's chances?

Genuinely would like to know why she's so bad?

Yes, that's the biggest worry - that the MAGA cultists intalled as election officials will falsely claim irregularities and Mike Johnson will use it to overturn the election and install Trump. The Trumpian Project 2025 freakshow have been winking that everything is in motion, and that they're prepared to use violence if need be.

A big Kamala win would, you would hope, make it harder to steal, but there is a chance the the US dies as a democracy later this year.

The polls give me hope but, as you say, a Kamala win doesn't mean Trump won't be president again.

Agreed, but she does seem to have learned from it.

In her speech yesterday, she brushed off Trump's racist lies about her yesterday as the "same old show" and promptly moved on to other topics.

Not excited, it'll be close. Even if the Democrats win, there are 70 election officials in states that are likely to be close, who believe the election in 2020 was stolen from Trump. There's a very real possibility that they will simply refuse to certify results.

I hope they learn from Clinton’s failures and don’t go heavy on the identity politics. Is there a worse slogan than “I’m with her”. I’ll be excited if she wins (or more likely just relieved) but I’m nervous about her chances.

I want her to win, so badly, desperately.

I don't think she will win, petrifyingly.

Yeah, I think you need to do a bit more reading..

https://thehill.com/business/4426965-trump-added-8-4-trillion-to-the-national-debt-analysis/

I was lukewarm on her before Biden dropped out but she has spoken tremendously since then. She has already pulled ahead in the polls (including swing states) and some betting markets- there are lots of reasons to be optimistic.

Most of the criticism of her coming from the Republican side seems pretty desperate too. A lot of race-related stuff (she's a DEI hire, she said she's Indian) or false (she was/is the Border Czar).

Provided there are no Maga vote-rigging hijinks, I do think she is the likely next President.

You mean she makes grown old orange men cry 🤣😂

Kamala is abysmal, she makes Biden look competent.

@DiamondGoldandSilver , today’s job figures and forecasts are worse than was expected. As such there is a massive sell off on the markets. Dow Jones and S$P are down considerably resulting in a global sell off as well,

My Threads feed is throwing up a LOT of US election stuff although I'm in the UK, and Kamala has gained a huge amount of support in a very, very short time - it seems like a lot of different communities are turning out to support her who wouldn't normally vote, or who would be floating voters are being galvanised into supporting her. There have been huge zoom calls with tens of thousands of people on at a time, which are raising millions of $ in donations.

I've yet to see anyone on Mumsnet explain why she's a monster or why she's so terrible.

Me too. She's so bad, she makes grown men cry.

I'm not excited about her per se (I still need convincing), but I'm enjoying the fun she's having /will have The Donald up to election and anyone is betterthanhim.

I'm also enjoying The Donald making an ass of himself as usual. The NABJ interview was a spectacle.

On a more serious note, things are moving in the right direction with the amount of support galvanising around her candidacy, so I'm hopeful. I'm hoping they get the same result as they did for Biden.

America went nuts after getting a black male president, however, so let's see what they'd do with a black / brown woman.

She is literally leading a large majority of swing state polls right now. By +11 points in Michigan I believe. That's only in 2 weeks!

She has many paths to win this election by a clear majority.

Do you watch the news??

It won't boil down to the Christians or the Liberals. The so far undecided who were dithering over an ill incumbent and a mad wannabe now have a decent alternative to Trump.

So at least there's that, and I wish her all the luck in the world. The US needs sanity to prevail. All the better if it's a woman. We shall see what booby traps and mysoginistic racist rants emanate from ye old Orange man. That's how he riles up the troops. But they would have voted for him anyway.

She wouldn't have been my choice of candidate but if I were American I would vote for any Democrat nominee over Trump. My concern is she could end up being one of those politicians who wins on social media but not in reality. Got to admit, she is doing better than I expected right now but that's mainly due to the Democrats putting on a united front than to her performance.

Although I think a female president would be important in showing that it could be achieved, I really don't get all the 'Woo! A female president!' stuff. Ultimately, it's the character and the policies of the person that count. I guess when you've sat through Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May and Liz Truss you know the symbolism doesn't amount to very much in the end.

The debt only increased under Trump because of Covid

She wouldnt be my first choice and unfortunately I don't think the swing states will vote for her in the numbers they need to. The BBC and mainstream UK media will make her seem a lot more popular than the reality in the states right now. I do really hope she wins, but I don't think she will.

Better not give it to Trump then, who exponentially increased the US national debt during his tenure.

Tbh, every tantrum Trump throws in public is making him less and less electable. The polls are clearly showing how his popularity is decreasing on a daily basis, which makes him spiral more in panic.

J.D Vance is the nail in his coffin. That guy is just weird. In fact they're both just weird and creepy.

There's also the Christian vote to consider, I was listening to a podcast today where a young Christian woman (American) said Kamala mustn't win and went on about her childlessness. It was dreadful. Apparently it's because Trump is anti-abortion and that's the main reason why many Christians there are supporting him.

I've listened to her speak for a good deal more than 30 seconds and I think she's pretty fast thinking, and vigorous, unlike trump. The only slight fly in the ointment is I find her speech a bit nasal and I don't know if it's just me but it might be a drawback if anyone finds it slightly annoying. Having said that, in recent days it's taken a back seat somewhat as I'm now more impressed with what she says than how she talks. Given that I'm sick to the back teeth of hearing Trump's voice hers is an improvement.

This is Mumsnet. Guess. 🙄

@Molly70 are you sure that’s right? I understand it’s grown in the last quarter and is outpacing forecasts

see: www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/economy/us-economic-forecast/united-states-outlook-analysis.html