Pessimism is growing at Harris headquarters as experts raise concerns about early voting numbers

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Pessimism about Kamala Harris' path to the White House grew based on early voting results across the U.S. on Tuesday evening.

Trump quickly took the lead in the Sunbelt states of North Carolina and Georgia, meaning Harris would likely have to defeat the blue wall states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania if he wanted to win them.

In the meantime, The New York Times released its live voting pin, which pointed to Trump as the likely winner of the Electoral College

Democratic strategist James Carville said he was discouraged by the strength of some Trump performances in suburbs like Loudon County, Virginia.

“Loudoun County, Virginia, is not great,” Carville said on Amazon’s election night show. “Think about Dulles Airport, a suburb of Washington – (I) think (Joe Biden) was at about 62% in 2020. I'm currently looking at 57, 58. There are worrying signs, but we got a big vote in Philadelphia. Let's just wait a second. Let’s see what happens in North Carolina and Georgia; But I wouldn’t be entirely honest if I didn’t say that the early signs here aren’t convincing.”

But Carville said he is more optimistic about possible votes for Harris in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.

“I'm talking about a 50,000 to 100,000 increase in Democratic votes in Philadelphia,” he added, “so that should provide some relief.” That should provide some relief; and some of what I see in Georgia is obviously more encouraging than in Florida. Everything is more encouraging.”