Kamala Harris’ Hurricane Response Hurting Her Among Swing Voters: Analysis [Video]

Vice President Kamala Harris‘ hurricane response is not boding well among swing voters, according to a new social-media analysis provided exclusively to Newsweek.

A study conducted by Impact Social of 40,000 swing voters between October 2 to 9 found that Harris’ hurricane response was the second most popular topic of negative discussion about the Democratic nominee in that weeklong period. The most popular category of negative discussion were posts with a purely anti-Harris sentiment.

Hurricane Helene made landfall on September 26, battering the southeast in what was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Maria in 2017.

The analysis found that the negative conversation about Harris, which makes up 34 percent of all posts about her, 12 percent was related to her handling of Helene. Comparatively, former President Donald Trump’sresponse to the hurricanes accounted for 7 percent of the negative discussion about him. Negative posts about Trump made up 29 percent of all sentiments expressed about him …