Comment on Harris Got a Very Small Debate Bounce

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.

Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign has received the endorsements of several pop stars—most recently, singers Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish threw their support behind the Vice President and Democratic nominee—but one particular chart-topper, whose feminist music and “Midwest Princess” aesthetic the meme-embracing Harris campaign has enthusiastically co-opted, has said she won’t be among them. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Chappell Roan, the 26-year-old “Good Luck, Babe!” singer from Missouri, told the Guardian in an interview published Friday that she’s not planning to endorse anyone ahead of the November election, saying that there are “problems on both sides.” The comment has divided social media users—some of whom have applauded her stance, others who have criticized her for being “cowardly” and accused her of false equivalence and failing to stand up for the LGBT community given the explicitly anti-queer agenda of Harris’ Republican opponent former President Donald Trump. [video id=rULD5nKs autostart="viewable"] “I have so many issues with our government in every way,” Roan told the Guardian.

When you compare the 1962 Mets to the 2024 White Sox, there’s a world of difference between the two teams despite their similarly dismal performances.