Experts weigh in on Kamala Harris' 'millions' of silent Republican voters in the 2024 election

In nan closing weeks of nan run season, Kamala Harris has been ramping up her outreach crossed nan aisle pinch an entreaty to much mean Republican and Independent voters. 

On nan run trail, nan vice president says she is for 'all Americans' and has held a bid of plaything authorities events pinch anti-Trump Republicans including pinch erstwhile Republican Rep. Liz Cheney. 

It comes arsenic nan statesmanlike title appears razor-thin pinch Harris starring by little than half a constituent nationally according to polling averages.

In bid to win, Harris will besides request Republicans voting for her connected November 5. 

Earlier this week, Cheney claimed that Harris would person that support pinch 'millions of silent' GOP voters who are turned disconnected by Trump. 

But do hoards of these mysterious GOP voters leaning toward voting Democrat really exist? Experts show DailyMail.com that it is simply a spot much complex. 

'I surely person galore Republicans who will opportunity to maine "I can't beryllium public." They do interest astir a full scope of things regarding violence, but they'll do nan correct thing,' Cheney said successful Oakland County, Michigan, connected Monday. 

She claimed location are 'millions of Republicans' who are 'concerned' and will 'vote their conscience' travel November 5. 

Republican strategist Kevin Madden believes nan thought of 'hidden' voters is unfounded astatine this constituent arsenic some campaigns person spent billions identifying voters and what motivates them. 

'Both campaigns cognize wherever they are and what they request to do to mobilize them. The predetermination is nan trial of their ability,' he said. 

'Harris is successful a difficult position because, conscionable for illustration her first run effort successful 2019, she enjoyed a little surge of attention, but past grounded to adjacent nan woody pinch voters,' he went on.

But others person been spending millions and important clip trying to scope imaginable Republicans for nan vice president. They judge nan 'millions' estimate is not unfounded. 

One group to look astatine erstwhile it comes to Republicans consenting to ballot for nan Democrat is those who voted for Nikki Haley successful nan Republican statesmanlike primary. 

In nan 7 battleground states alone, astir 1 cardinal group voted for nan erstwhile South Carolina politician successful nan 2024 primary.  

While a immense number are expect to return to nan fold and ballot for Trump successful nan wide election, whom she endorsed, location remains those who are done pinch nan MAGA helping of nan party. 

Robert Schwartz is nan Michigan head of Haley Voters for Harris. 

'Based connected group that are answering nan polls is that a third, you cognize that a 3rd of these Haley voters, astatine least, and astir apt different 5 aliases 10 percent are perfectly going to ballot for Kamala Harris,' Schwartz said. 

'There's surely going to beryllium a million, much than, astir apt person to 2 cardinal group that voted successful nan Republican superior for Nikki Haley nationwide that are going to beryllium voting for Kamala Harris this year,' he said. 

His group has been testing for integer ads targeting center-right voters. It recovered populist messaging was not moving nan needle, but economical messaging was. 

They're now targeting nan Republican Haley voters and immoderate 300,000 others pinch nan ads successful an effort to displacement their thinking.

Down successful North Carolina, nan state's Haley Voters for Harris head Michael Tucker, who antecedently served connected the board of nan Mecklenburg County GOP, based on they don't moreover request 'millions' aliases Republicans erstwhile Trump only won nan authorities by little than 75,000 votes.

He said nan outreach location has been astir giving Republicans nan 'permission structure' to ballot for a Democrat without being 1 because nan existent Republican statement doesn't correspond nan values of Ronald Reagan and John McCain.

While immoderate of nan GOP voters readying to ballot for a Democrat besides backed Biden successful 2020, he has recovered location are much registered Republicans joining nan group successful 2024 arsenic they deed a tipping constituent pinch Trump's rhetoric. 

‘It's not a large thin statement anymore,' Tucker said of nan Republican statement aft Trump rejected nan support of Haley voters from nan primary. 

‘There’s nary room successful nan MAGA GOP utmost party,’ he said.

‘People are benignant of having an personality crisis,’ he added of nan Republicans who are not onboard pinch MAGA. 

Tucker said location has been a silent constituent to it too.

When door-knocking, he comes crossed divided households pinch husbands and wives voting for different candidates and focused connected different issues.

'Reproductive authorities has deed a chord,' he said, noting that's portion of what is down nan ample gender gap. 

As for Haley herself, she has endorsed Trump. But nan ex-president has not been keen to spot her retired connected nan run way for him. When asked astir it recently, he touted her losing severely to him successful nan primary. 

John Conway from Republican Voters Against Trump agrees pinch Cheney's assessment, pointing retired Trump has been alienating group since 2016.

'There’s going to beryllium a cascade of Republican voters who are going to cull Trump astatine nan ballot box,' Conway said. 

He has been moving connected Republican elector attraction groups wherever they speak pinch two-time Trump voters who will not ballot for nan ex-president a 3rd time. The number 1 logic why they are breaking pinch him is nan onslaught connected January 6. 

Some were reluctant to formed a ballot for him successful 2020 but insurrection was nan last nail. Since then, immoderate person shared that Trump arsenic go much utmost speaking astir nan 'enemy within' arsenic good arsenic becoming a convicted felon. 

Conway said nan mostly of Republicans will support Trump and galore will do truthful enthusiastically, but he is looking astatine nan margins which he believes will determine nan election. 

Republican Voters Against Trump has besides been doing attraction groups pinch alleged 'flippers' who voted for Trump erstwhile and Biden once. He said a number of them were backsliding pinch nan Trump-Biden statement successful June, but erstwhile Harris took complete nan ticket, she was capable to reconsolidate immoderate of those voters. 

Those who voted for Biden but are reverting backmost to Trump person shared their number 1 rumor is nan system followed by immigration. 

Conway said while nan GOP conjugation will person shifted successful 2024 from nan past, nan immense mostly that person moved distant from Trump are still locked successful for Harris. 

Where nan vice president has besides been susceptible is being an undefined campaigner pinch specified a short campaign, but Conway believes she has been capable to present herself successfully to these voters. 

What remains to beryllium seen is who really turns retired versus who stays location connected Election Day, but much Republicans proceed to speak out. 

Former GOP Michigan Congressman Fred Upton who served 36 years successful nan House was 1 of nan latest Republicans to endorse Harris this week. 

Waukesha, Wisconsin, Mayor Shawn Reilly, who represents a heavy Republican stronghold, is besides among those who are publically speaking retired astir voting for Harris. He near nan GOP aft nan January 6 onslaught connected nan U.S. Capitol successful 2021.

Reilly antecedently voted 3rd statement successful 2016 and for Biden successful 2020 but kept it to himself. 

'I consciousness successful my bosom that this is thing that I request to travel retired and say,' he told a section TV station. He said his ballot this twelvemonth is 1 against Trump.