The vice president has won praise for her efforts on behalf of Democratic candidates during the crucial midterm campaigns.
It may be little surprise that fans of Harris are praising her role in the midterms.
"But that just tells us that she largely stayed away from the toughest races, where a small boost from her visit could have made the difference," he said."With that allocation of her efforts, and the small effects of such visits, Harris's campaigning probably was not critical to the success of any candidate."If Harris chose to stay away from closer races, that could have been a deliberate choice.
"There seems to be a hunt for an explanation of why the Democrats bucked historical trends of the party in power losing seats in midterm elections, and the VP is apparently a popular choice among some," Robert Singh, a professor at the Department of Politics at Birkbeck, University of London, toldSingh expressed skepticism about Harris' effect on the elections"at least absent more concrete empirical evidence."to Kamala," he said.
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