"We Don't Know Her"

Are undecided voters pulling a Mariah Carey on Kamala Harris? Or do they just not want to talk about politics with pollsters? Or is it something else?

Mariah Carey is known for her “I don’t know her” dis of Jennifer Lopez almost as much as she’s known for her stratospheric high notes and that earworm Christmas song she recorded.

In recent weeks, we’ve been hearing that undecided voters remain reluctant about supporting Kamala Harris because they “don’t know her.” Kamala Harris has been nationally visible and prominent for nearly a decade, first as an outspoken Senator and more recently as the Vice President of the United States. Prior to that, she was the Attorney General of California and the District Attorney in San Francisco.

So is that reluctance to support Kamala Harris a Mariah Carey-level insult? Is it willful ignorance? Is it actual ignorance?

We’re just past the halfway mark between the day that President Biden endorsed Kamala Harris as his successor and Election Day. So, even if you knew nothing about Kamala Harris prior to Biden’s endorsement, is there really any excuse not to “know her” at this point, particularly in t…