CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly referred to herself as a political underdog as she prepares for the fall fight in her new role as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee.

But with her persistently strong polling and fundraising numbers, Democrats at the party‘s national convention in Chicago last week were starting to consider her the election’s front-runner, a drastic reversal of their prospects against former President Donald Trump compared to a month ago under President Joe Biden.