Kellyanne Conway, Donna Brazile: 2024 Presidential Election Going Down to the Wire

The high-profile strategists—and longtime friends—agree with Harris replacing Biden on the Democrat ticket, saying it’s now ‘a different race.’

Democrat strategist Donna Brazile (L), National Conference of State Legislatures Chief Communications Officer Bryan Thomas, and Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway discuss the 2024 presidential election during the closing session of the National Conference of State Legislatures Annual Summit in Louisville, Ky., on Aug. 7, 2024. National Conference of State Legislatures

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The way Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway sees it, Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential aspirations hinge on reanimating the “Obama coalition.”

Unfortunately for Harris, that reliable bloc of blue collar voters without college degrees now largely supports former president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, she said.