Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump by five points nationally, according to a recent poll, and her favorability jumped since she ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket, but the former president still stands a good chance of winning a second term. Trump remains within the margin of error in recent polling, despite voters’ largely negative views on his personal qualities, and Salon columnist Heather Digby Parton threw cold water on the excitement felt by the vice president’s supporters. “The race remains very close and it’s hard to understand how that can be after everything that’s happened o…