Fight for freedom: the Harris campaign is hijacking Republicans’ core message

Oprah Winfrey said she wanted to talk about “what matters most of all to you, to me and to all of us Americans — freedom’ The heart of Kamala Harris’s keynote address set out that “many fundamental freedoms are at stake” in the US election in November .

Democrats sense a real opportunity to claim back “freedom” and the election could now turn on whether voters believe the Harris campaign better encapsulates this most American values.

There is a reason that Democrats are polling strongly with women.

Michelle Obama wove the theme of freedom into the party’s traditional themes of inclusiveness and compassion.

There is no better salesperson for the Democratic cause and this was reflected in viewing figures.

The first two nights averaged around 20 million television viewers each, compared to 18.1 million and 14.8 million for the Republicans .

The freedom agenda could help her combat Republican attacks on price rises and last year’s record migration numbers.

But they remained significant vulnerabilities that Harris needed to do more to address.

Frank Luntz , a pollster, said that Harris was embracing the positives of the Biden administration and ignoring the negatives.