Democrats are voicing frustrations at polling that shows more voters see former President Trump as the moderate candidate in the presidential race against Vice President Harris.

Democrats for years have cast Trump as an extremist who is a threat to democracy. But a poll released by The New York Times and Siena College found more voters see Harris as too liberal than see Trump as too conservative.

The survey suggests GOP attacks on Harris have been effective in painting her as farther to the left and that Democratic attacks on Trump as an extremist have not landed as solidly.

And it left some Democrats complaining about the voters polled by the surveys.

“Donald Trump has no core values, so therefore he has been on either side of so many issues throughout his political career,” said Democratic strategist Rodell Mollineau. “He’ll go to one crowd and say he’s going to do this and go to another crowd and say he’s going to do that. So it should not be surprising that there are some voters who see him in that light."

Mollineau argued that Trump has aligned himself with “the most conservative members of the Republican Party” and that Democrats need to do a better job of messaging to win over voters who see Trump as the more moderate candidate.

The New York Times/Siena poll out earlier this week revealed that only 32 percent of likely voters say Trump is “too conservative.”

When asked if Trump was too conservative, not conservative enough, or........

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