Harris Signals Interest in 2028 Presidential Run

Former Vice President Kamala Harris recently dropped several not too subtle hints that she wants to run for president in 2028. Polls, at least for now, show the leading likely Democrat candidate is California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Many Democrat pundits and insiders say Harris' failed run against Donald Trump renders her damaged goods, and therefore insufficiently attractive to the donor class.

The Los Angeles Times recently wrote that there is little outward enthusiasm among her biggest 2024 backers to fund a repeat performance.

The Times reached out to more than two dozen top donors to the biggest pro-Harris super PAC in 2024. Several of them said they do not plan to support her. Others declined to talk about her or did not respond.

Harris lost every swing state and performed worse than the prior Democratic nominee among nearly every major racial and gender demographic group, except black women. A Washington Post exit poll found Harris received over 92% of the black female vote.

South Carolina will be an early Democratic primary state for the 2028 presidential election. Sixty percent of the South Carolina Democrat primary voters are black, and of that number 60% to 65% are black females. Many black female voters consider the jokes about Harris' "cackle" and the disparaging comments about her "word salad" answers both sexist and racist.

A publication that focuses on the black community published an article defending Harris against what it considered unfair criticism.