Latest poll finds Harris ‘narrowly’ wins enough swing states to become first female president: Election live updates
Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaigned in western battleground states on Thursday and will both be in Milwaukee on Friday
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Your support makes all the difference.The final poll from The Times and YouGov finds that Kamala Harris is set to narrowly win enough swing states to take the White House.
“We find that Kamala Harris very narrowly wins enough of those states to become America’s first female president,” Times US Assistant Editor David Charter said on Friday.
This comes as a Harris campaign official has said they “fully expect” former President Donald Trump to declare victory before all votes have been counted.
“It won’t work,” the official said during a press call.
“He did this before. It failed,” they added. “If he does it again, it will fail.”
With four days of campaigning to go in the 2024 race, Harris and Trump are making their final pitches, spending Friday hosting competing rallies in Wisconsin where they will attempt to appeal to “blue wall” voters.
Having already addressed two gatherings of his supporters on Thursday, the former president ended his day in a sit-down interview with Tucker Carlson on stage in Glendale, Arizona, at which he shockingly fantasized about former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney being shot at.
Cheney has since hit back at Trump, calling him “a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.”
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Another day, another election gaffe...
Today’s election gaffe — so far that is, there are still four major rallies to go, plus other events — comes from House Speaker Mike Johnson, who told reporters in Syracuse, New York, that the Republican Party would try and repeal the CHIPS Act — which funds microelectronics research, manufacturing, and training.
Given the act’s importance to the economy of New York’s 22nd District, Rep Brandon Williams, who is fighting to keep his seat from falling back to the Democrats (whose bill it was in the first place) had to jump in and say: “I will remind him night and day how important the CHIPS Act is.”
Watch the clip below and keep an eye on Johnson’s face as Williams begins speaking:
The Harris campaign was quick to point out which states benefit from the CHIPS Act the most, and of course, it included four key swing states:
The congressman's team says Speaker Johnson misheard the question and issued the following statement: “As I have further explained and clarified, I fully support Micron coming to Central NY, and the CHIPS Act is not on the agenda for repeal...”
Republicans claim Black men are deserting the Democratic Party. Is it even true?
When election returns start coming in Tuesday evening, one group is certain to be in the spotlight: Black men.
For the past year, pollsters, pundits and political operatives have been hard at work spinning a narrative about Black voters, and younger men in particular. Those voters, many have warned, are increasingly turning away from the Democratic Party, which has enjoyed a massive advantage among Black voters for decades.
“Black men are rapidly abandoning the Democratic Party”, a triumphant headline declared on the website of the conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI) earlier this year. That assertion was backed up by a poll from the NAACP in August, which found that as many as one in four young black male voters were considering voting for Donald Trump.
Republicans claim Black men are deserting the Democratic Party. Is it even true?
Even former President Barack Obama lectured Black men for not ‘feeling’ the idea of a woman as president
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Meanwhile, here’s a recent cover of The Economist, which called the US economy “The Envy of The World”, and endorsed Kamala Harris yesterday:
And, as we posted earlier, here’s a letter from more than 300 economists opposing Trump.
Reese Witherspoon endorses Harris
Reese Witherspoon, star of The Morning Show and Big Little Lies, has endorsed Kamala Harris.
In a post on Instagram, she wrote: “I voted today. ✅ Top of my mind, as I considered all candidates, is protecting women’s rights to medical privacy and reproductive choice.
“This is a critical time in our shared history to vote for the candidate that represents the future we want to see. That’s why I voted for Kamala Harris for President. For my daughter and for the millions of hard-working American women who value our freedoms. I want to protect democracy at all costs.
“I love my country and no matter what happens in this election, I’m here to move our great nation forward in a unified way. 🇺🇸”
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RFK Jr posts 800-word explanation of comedian’s Puerto Rico ‘joke’
Robert F Kennedy Jr posted more than 800 words on X by way of explaining the now infamous “joke” about Puerto Rico made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who he says is his friend.
The post seeks to do damage control as Puerto Ricans and other Latino Americans expressed their disgust and dismay at the comment.
You can read the full post here:
The Kamala Harris campaign’s director of repaid response kept their response short:
Harris hits Trump over manufacturing and auto industry jobs
Vice President Kamala Harris tweeted: “Donald Trump’s track record for the auto industry was a disaster. As president, he promised that the auto industry would not “lose one plant” during his term. Then six auto plants closed.
“Yet another empty promise—typical for a person that is all talk and no walk.”
Watch: Trump claims he has 97% chance of winning as polls tip Harris
300 economists come out in opposition to Trump
Three hundred economists shared their opposition to the Trump campaign in an open letter.
“If we elect someone who tries to end democracy at every turn, as Trump did after losing the 2020 election, it really could end, just as it has in other countries,” they write.
They argued that voters concerned about the economy should not choose the former president, warning among other things that his tariff policy would be damaging.
“Just as Mexico didn’t pay for a wall in his first term, China will not pay for Trump’s tariffs if he’s given a second term. You will,” they added.
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