纽约-副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯周日在拥挤的纽约市筹款会上筹集了2700万美元，这是她最大的一次筹款自从她接手以来票的顶部来自总统乔·拜登据哈里斯的竞选助手说。
虽然哈里斯已经远远更多的钱这名助手说，与前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)相比，这笔钱将需要与支持特朗普的财大气粗的外部团体的昂贵广告竞争，这名助手在讨论私人筹款细节时要求匿名。
这场声势浩大的募捐活动在西普里亚尼华尔街一个有十几根柱子的大型希腊复兴舞厅举行。当哈里斯指责特朗普拒绝再次与她辩论时，大部分人肩并肩站在一起。
“我的对手似乎在寻找借口，”哈里斯对人群说。“我强烈地感到，为了美国人民，为了选民，我们应该在选举日之前再次会面。”
她在华盛顿外着陆后对记者重申，“我们还有更多要讨论的。”
特朗普已经拒绝了更多的辩论，周六表示“一切都太晚了。”
“投票已经开始了，”他在北卡罗来纳州威尔明顿的一次集会上说。选民第一次亲自投票上周，明尼苏达州、南达科他州和弗吉尼亚州出现了首例提前亲自投票机遇。大约十几个州将在十月中旬跟进。
哈里斯还表示，她将在周三发表演讲，概述她的经济愿景，并表示“在应对美国人民面临的挑战的同时，我们可以做更多的事情来投资于美国人民的愿望和雄心。”
她列举了拥有住房的高成本和居高不下的食品杂货账单作为例子。
“我是一个中产阶级的孩子，我永远不会忘记我来自哪里，”她说。
通过更详细地充实她的经济议程，哈里斯可以解决一个选民在选举后首先想到的问题价格猛涨并与总统的经济记录保持距离。特朗普批评她释放缓慢详细的政策建议自从她成为第一候选人后。
哈里斯曾说过她将推动中产阶级减税，并对富人和企业增税，她采纳了特朗普的建议，结束对小费工资的征税，尽管她将她的计划局限于中低收入纳税人。她还批评了特朗普对大多数进口商品征收高额关税的计划，她说这将严重提高商品成本。
哈里斯和特朗普都没有决定性优势根据最新的民意调查，公众对经济美联社-NORC公共事务研究中心。调查显示，哈里斯在这个曾经是特朗普明显优势的问题上正在取得进展。
根据民意调查，约有十分之四的登记选民表示，共和党人特朗普在处理经济方面会做得更好，而类似数量的人认为民主党副总统会做得更好。大约十分之一的选民不相信任何一位候选人，同样比例的人对他们有信心。
新的民意调查发现，经济是大约80%的选民在考虑支持哪位候选人时最重要的问题之一，使医疗保健和犯罪等其他首要问题相形见绌。
哈里斯已经放弃了她在命运多舛的2020年总统竞选期间采取的自由主义立场，包括禁止水力压裂法、建立单一支付者医疗保健系统以及非法越境合法化的提议。
Harris raises $27 million in New York fundraiser, promises economic speech this week
NEW YORK --Vice PresidentKamala Harrisraised $27 million at a packed New York City fundraiser on Sunday, her largestfundraisinghaul since she took over at thetop of the ticketfrom PresidentJoe Biden, according to a Harris campaign aide.
Though Harris has farmore moneythan former President Donald Trump, the money will be needed to compete with pricey advertising by deep-pocketed outside groups that support Trump, said the aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private fundraising details.
The blockbuster fundraiser was held at Cipriani Wall Street in a massive Greek Revival ballroom with over a dozen columns. Much of the crowd stood shoulder to shoulder as Harris needled Trump for refusing to debate her again.
“My opponent seems to be looking for an excuse,” Harris told the crowd. “I feel very strongly that we owe it to the American people, to the voters, to meet once more before Election Day."
She reiterated that later, telling reporters after landing outside Washington, “We have more to discuss.”
Trump hasrejected more debates, saying Saturday that “it's just too late.”
“Voting is already started,” he said at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina. Voterscast the first in-person ballotslast week in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia, the states with the firstearly in-person votingopportunities. About a dozen more states will follow by mid-October.
Harris also said she would deliver a speech Wednesday outlining her economic vision, saying there is “more we can do to invest in the aspirations and ambitions of the American people while addressing the challenges they face.”
She cited the high cost of home ownership and stubbornly high grocery bills as examples.
“I grew up a middle-class kid and I will never forget where I came from,” she said.
By fleshing out her economic agenda in more detail, Harris can address an issue that's front of mind for voters afterprices soaredduring Biden's presidency and distance herself from the president's economic track record. Trump has criticized her for being slow to releasedetailed policy proposalsof her own since she rose to the top of the ticket.
Harrishas saidshe'd push for middle-class tax cuts and tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations, and she adopted Trump's proposal to end taxes on tipped wages, though she'd limit her plan to low- and middle-income taxpayers. She's also criticized Trump's plan to impose large tariffs on most imported goods, which she says would severely raise the cost of goods.
Neither Harris nor Trump has adecisive edgewith the public on the economy, according to the latest poll byThe Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey suggests Harris is gaining ground on an issue that was once a clear strength for Trump.
About 4 in 10 registered voters say Republican Trump would do a better job handling the economy, while a similar number say that about the Democratic vice president, according to the poll. About 1 in 10 voters don’t trust either candidate, and a similar share has equal faith in them.
The new poll found that the economy is one of the most important issues for about 8 in 10 voters as they consider which candidate to support, dwarfing other top issues like health care and crime.
Harris has backed away from the liberal positions she took during her ill-fated 2020 presidential campaign, including proposals to ban fracking, establish a single-payer health care system and decriminalize illegal border crossings.
