'It would be a miracle': CNN's Chris Wallace reacts to first exit polls
CNN anchor Chris Wallace said Vice President Kamala Harris will have pulled off a "miracle" on Election Day if she wins given the first exit polls released by the network that showed high numbers of dissatisfied — and angry — voters.
CNN Political Director David Chalian shared the results noting it included all voters — both early and Election Day — and said it's a "pretty dour mood" in terms of how people feel about the way things are going in the United States. Just 7 percent said they were enthusiastic and 19 percent said they were satisfied. A whopping 43 percent said they were dissatisfied and another 29% said they felt angry.
Moreover, 61% said America's best days are ahead, and just 41 percent said they approve of Joe Biden as president.
CNN anchor Dana Bash told the panel that one of the main questions is whether people are satisfied.
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"It is extremely high, the dissatisfied or angry as David said," said Bash. "If you add those two up, 72 percent."
She said what remains unknown is whether voters will take out their dissatisfaction on Harris or former President Donald Trump.
"They are both effectively — Harris is part of the current administration — but Donald Trump and the Trump era is very much upon us," she said.
Wallace jumped in and said he felt Bash was "putting the best spin on it," noting that voters are saying with a 3-1 margin they are dissatisfied with the current country ... I gotta say, I think that that's with the present conditions in the country, I mean, in conventional terms, it would be a miracle that Kamala Harris could win with that kind of headwind."
Wallace said Harris will have done a "remarkable job" of separating herself from Biden — and presenting herself as "part of the solution and not part of the problem."