Vice President Kamala Harris has jump-started moribund Democratic fortunes, even as Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has been a drag on GOP hopes. But another newbie will soon enter the fray, when the veep fills out her ticket.

The rise of Harris to the top of the Democratic ticket reshaped the presidential race as dramatically as a big trade by a contending team to obtain a heavy hitter at the Major League Baseball trade deadline.

President Biden was barely afloat in the battleground states. But the Democratic tide is rising with Harris at the helm. She has a double-digit lead in Michigan and is in a tight race with Trump in all of the other battleground states, according to new surveys for Bloomberg News.

There are two factors that account for this change in Democratic fortunes.

First, Harris came out of gate loaded for bear. Quickly, she went right after Donald Trump, raised tons of money and locked up her party’s nomination.

Secondly, she is a fresh face for the “double haters” who doubted both Biden’s and Trump’s fitness for office. Biden’s departure from the race leaves only Trump to hate, if Harris plays her cards right.

A fresh ABC News national poll shows........

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