Indian-American Senator Kamala Harris leads in Daily Kos straw poll

Press Trust of India  |  Washington 

Indian-American Senator Harris has emerged at the top of a straw poll released Wednesday, two days after she officially plunge in the 2020 US

Former US vice who has not announced his 2020 bid yet was on the third slot with 13 per cent and Senator fourth with 12 per cent. Sanders is yet to announce his candidature.

Congresswoman has been at the bottom of the straw poll with just one per cent of the straw poll members voting for the first Hindu

Harris announced her presidential bid on Monday, the Day. Within the first 24 hours of her announcement, she raised USD 1.5 million from small donors. She is not accepting donations from political action committees, a strong indication that she will not be influenced by lobbyists and special interest groups.

on Wednesday said she has hired a number of staff from the 2016 Clinton campaign.

Harris has announced to hold her first presidential rally in her hometown of in on January 27.

On Wednesday, Harris slammed for the ongoing partial government shutdown.

"It's completely irresponsible that this has kept the government closed for over a month. That's 33 days of anxiety and hurt for more than 800,000 federal workers who are trying to figure out how they are going to pay their rent or mortgage," Harris said.

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First Published: Thu, January 24 2019. 00:30 IST