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“The race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is the first presidential election in half a century in which neither candidate is openly telling voters much about their religion or faith,” Axios reports. “The lack of emphasis on religion comes as the percentage of Americans identifying as ‘religiously unaffiliated’ has skyrocketed to 27% — a larger share of the population than mainline Protestants and evangelical white voters combined.”

“In the flood of election polls you’ll see over the next few weeks, most polling groups will include responses from ‘likely voters.’ And often from nobody else,” the New York Times reports. “In theory, these poll numbers should yield more accurate results, since the people who actually vote are the ones who dictate the outcome on Election Day.

A new New York Times/Siena poll in Arizona finds 58% of like voters said they planned to support an amendment to the state’s Constitution codifying “the fundamental right to an abortion.”

Nate Cohn: “It’s been nearly two weeks since the first presidential debate, and the polls have reached their verdict on the fallout: The race remains very close.” “On average, Kamala Harris is faring about one point better across 34 polls that measured the race before and after the debate. It leaves the contest deadlocked, with neither candidate enjoying a meaningful advantage in the key states.” “By the usual measures, this is a small post-debate bounce.

A new series of New York Times/Siena polls of likely voters: Arizona: Trump 50%, Harris 45% Georgia: Trump 49%, Harris 45% North Carolina: Trump 49%, Harris 47% “But in one sign of how these contests remain up for grabs, about 15 percent of the electorate in Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina described themselves as undecided or not definitely decided, leaving open the possibility that they could still change their minds.” Nate Cohn: “In one sense, the finding is very clear: It’s a good set of numbers for Mr.

“It’s a telling sign of the state of global affairs that Volodymyr Zelensky’s first stop on his US visit was in the swingiest of swing states in the presidential election: Pennsylvania,” Bloomberg reports. “The visit was to an ammunition factory, one of the few in the country making the kind of artillery shells that Ukraine is running low on in its fight against Russia.