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How Kamala Harris Became a Contender

2024/10/15
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Evan Osnos: 卡玛拉·哈里斯在竞选总统的道路上采取了积极主动的策略，她没有等待党内正式的提名流程，而是迅速行动，争取党内各方支持，包括党内大佬和基层代表。她的支持率在短时间内迅速上升，这与之前许多人低估她的支持率有关。她的母亲对她的人生观和价值观有深远的影响，她从小就培养了坚韧和勇气。她试图调和作为检察官的经历和进步主义价值观之间的矛盾，并在旧金山地区检察官的任期内发展出了务实的政治风格。她擅长政治技巧，尤其是在质询方面表现出色，但在参议院任期内未能形成具有标志性的议题。作为副总统，她对拜登的政策和决策产生了一定的影响，但在公众视野中，她的存在感并不强。她以严格著称，她的工作人员流动性很大，这与她所面临的巨大压力和社会偏见有关。她试图争取所有美国人的支持，而非仅仅依靠特定群体的支持。在对以色列问题的处理上，她较为谨慎，避免激怒中间派选民。她的对外政策观点与拜登略有不同，她对民主与专制国家的界限认识更 nuanced。她竞选的成功存在不确定性，存在赢得普选但输掉选举团票的风险。 David Remnick: David Remnick 主要负责引导访谈，提出问题，并对 Evan Osnos 的观点进行回应和补充。他引导访谈，提出问题，并对 Evan Osnos 的观点进行回应和补充，例如对哈里斯民调支持率的快速变化、哈里斯在副总统任期内的表现、以及她处理对外政策的方式等方面提出疑问。

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Kamala Harris's campaign strategy emerged rapidly after Joe Biden's endorsement, focusing on securing delegates without waiting for a formal process.
  • Harris decided not to wait for a formal process like town halls or conventions.
  • She aimed to lock down delegates quickly to avoid being skipped over.
  • Her approach was described as a juggernaut by her allies.

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Since July 21st, when Joe Biden endorsed her in the Presidential race, all eyes have been on Vice-President Kamala Harris. The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos) has been reporting on Harris for months, speaking with dozens of people close to her from her childhood to her days as a California prosecutor, right up to this lightning-round campaign for the Presidency. “What’s interesting is that some of those people . . . were asking her, ‘Do you think there should be a process? Some town halls or conventions?,’ ” Osnos tells David Remnick. “And her answer is revealing. . . . ‘I’m happy to join a process like that, but I’m not gonna wait around. I’m not gonna wait around.’ ” But if Harris’s surge in popularity was remarkable, her lead in most polls is razor-thin. “If she wins [the popular vote] and loses the Electoral College, that’ll be the third time since the year 2000 that Democrats have suffered that experience,” he notes. “You can’t underestimate how seismic a shock and a trauma—that’s not an overstatement—it will be, particularly for young Americans who have tried to say, ‘We’re going to put our support behind somebody and see if we can change this country.’ ”