Former President Donald Trump is the favorite to win November’s presidential election for the first time since August 7, according to the latest model from polling analytics website FiveThirtyEight. The most recent FiveThirtyEight update published on Friday gave the Republican a 51 percent chance of victory on November 5 against 49 percent for Democratic rival, […]
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Which states have the highest voter turnout?
The rate of voter turnout for the 2020 presidential election was among the highest in over a century, with nearly 67% of eligible voters heading to the polls on Nov. 3, 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Some states, though, were really bringing up that average. Data from the last few presidential elections suggests […]
Trump now leading Harris in 5 of 7 swing states
Donald Trump is leading Kamala Harris in five of the seven key swing states which will prove vital in determining who wins the election, according to a poll. A survey of likely voters in battleground states from AtlasIntel found that Trump is ahead in Michigan (50.6 percent to 47.2) and Pennsylvania (51 percent to 48.1). […]
Janet Yellen issues warning; ‘Don’t vote Trump’
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that “veering off course” in the 2024 election could inflict significant damage on the economy. Yellen said that there were several signs of life in the economy under the Biden-Harris administration, and that turning away from those successes in November could “jeopardize our economic trajectory,” in a tacit endorsement […]
Kamala’s very bad week
The honeymoon period for Kamala Harris’ White House campaign appears to be over following a week that saw the vice president have polling go against her alongside more serious attacks. Harris and her 2024 running mate Tim Walz had enjoyed a wave of support that had been missing from President Joe Biden’s reelection bid, which […]
Can Kamala win with Joy & Energy but no policy?
The month since Kamala Harris launched her presidential campaign has been a largely unprecedented spell in American politics: never has a modern general election campaign gone from a standstill to a full sprint so quickly.In that time Democrats pulled together a well-scripted national convention with slickly produced promotional videos, political set-pieces and musical interludes, all […]
Kamala prepares for speech of her life
Vice President Kamala Harris prepared for the highest-profile moment of her political life from a hotel suite in downtown Chicago, readying herself for an opportunity to turn the swell of momentum on which she arrived at the Democratic National Convention this week into a movement that propels her into the Oval Office. The enormous stakes […]
Kamala’s got herself tied up in a tax conundrum
Vice President Kamala Harris, who hasn’t released a detailed economic plan, would have to thread the needle between a pair of seemingly contradictory tax pledges if she wins the election. Her campaign says she’s keeping President Joe Biden‘s promise not to raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000. However, she also appears to be keeping […]
Harris hopes to be elected over one key issue
Vice President Kamala Harris is pinning her hopes for the White House on her track record as an advocate for abortion access. Just as former President Donald Trump rose to political prominence with a focus on immigration, so too Harris is building her campaign on restoring national abortion protections in the aftermath of the Dobbs […]
Only 100 days until the election; what’s next?
Sunday marks 100 days until voters head to the polls for what has already been a tumultuous election, raising questions about what the next several months will hold in store. In a span of less than a month, the presidential race has already been rocked by a series of head-spinning twists, including President Biden’s dismal […]
Kamala Harris Veep candidates are all white men
Chatter and speculation surrounding Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate options is reaching a fever pitch as Democrats jockey for their preferred candidates. While most of the “veepstakes” talk has been dominated by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly (D), Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D), and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D), […]
Biden bows out of race; ‘time for younger voices’
President Biden, who ended his campaign career Sunday under pressure from Democratic colleagues, emerged from more than a week of COVID-19 isolation to explain his historic change of heart about seeking reelection. There’s “a time and a place for new voices, fresh voices, yes, younger voices. That time and place is now,” he said Wednesday. […]