Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) revealed that her father, former vice president and far-right Republican Dick Cheney, would be voting for Democrat Kamala Harris in the upcoming election.
One pollster thinks that's significant enough to swing the election.
Speaking on a panel with MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace, Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher compared it to the endorsement Gen. Colin Powell made for then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). He said it allows Republicans who are feeling a little apprehensive the permission to vote for a Democrat.
"I think this is a needle-moving moment for Vice President Harris because, look, as you know, a lot of Republicans have been sitting out on the fence," Belcher said. "What bigger permission structure for conservatives to lean in and vote for the pro-democratic movement than Liz and Dick Cheney offering up the sort of permission structure and approving points for it? I think it's huge."
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"That is an incredible, incredible moment in history because we've never seen the likes of this in our modern history," he said. "And I've grown cynical. ... We've grown cynical about how much endorsements matter or move people. And in the last decade, just in my mind, I think there's a couple of endorsements that move the ball that were impactful."
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