Kamala Harris 'Honeymoon' Continues But No DNC Bump: Poll

Vice President Kamala Harris is still enjoying a "honeymoon" period in the 2024 election, despite not increasing her lead over Donald Trump in the wake of speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

A Morning Consult survey of 7,818 registered voters conducted in the days after Harris spoke in Chicago showed the Democrat with a four-point lead over Trump [48 percent to 44].

While the four-point margin is still the joint largest lead Harris has enjoyed over Trump since she entered the 2024 race after President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign, there was not a boost in Morning Consult polls for Harris following her DNC speech on August 22.

However, the survey shows that the "media honeymoon" continues for Harris, with more voters [47 percent] once again saying they have heard mainly positive news stories about the vice president over the past week, compared to 32 percent who said they have heard mainly negative stories about her.

This is now the fifth week running in which voters have said they have heard more positive news about Harris than negative, with the current 15-point margin for Harris the best net buzz rating she has posted in surveys conducted on a weekly basis since November 2022.

In comparison, 46 percent of voters said they have heard mainly negative news stories about Trump over the past week, compared to 31 percent who have seen mainly positive media coverage of the Republican. This is an improvement from the net negative 20-point positivity score Trump was recording at the beginning of August.

While discussing the so-called political "buzz" around the Democratic 2024 nominee, Morning Consult's Cameron Easley and Eli Yokley said: "The kind of information voters heard about Harris previously tracked with what they were hearing about Biden, but it's been a different story since she became the Democratic nominee: Her net buzz rating now exceeds Trump's and Biden's by double digits."

Harris' and Trump's teams have been contacted for comment via email.

While Harris did not see a post-DNC boost in the polls, her running mate Tim Walz did.

The poll showed that 42 percent of voters now hold favorable views of the Minnesota governor, up from 39 percent ahead of the DNC.

Walz is also currently the least-disliked name on the 2024 ticket with a 36 percent unfavorable rating, though he remains the least known.

Harris' unfavorable rating is 46 percent; Trump is at 52 percent; with the Republican vice presidential nominee, JD Vance, on 44 percent.

"While our head-to-head surveys show no boost in Harris' support following the weeklong infomercial for her and her party, two things appear to remain true: it's the Democratic nominee's race to lose, and that would certainly not be the case were Biden still in the race," Easley and Yokley wrote.

"Our weekly tracking shows Harris and Walz continue to be more popular than not, and face a remarkably positive news environment, offering a stark contrast with the popularity of the Republican ticket and Biden."

The Morning Consult survey was conducted between August 23 and 25 among a representative sample of 7,818 registered voters. The results have a margin of error of plus or minus one percentage point.