Comment on Trump Holds Narrow Lead Nationally

Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner (R) has died, a month after he drove his lawn mower into a pool, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports.

The final FT-Michigan Ross poll finds Donald Trump has overtaken Kamala Harris as the candidate Americans trust with the economy, 44% to 43%.

A new CNBC poll finds Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris nationally, 48% to 46%, but within the survey’s margin of error. In the seven battleground states, Trump leads 48% to 47%, also within the margin of error for that portion of the poll. Key takeaway: “Voters say they will be better off financially if Trump wins by a 42% to 24% margin.”

Barton Gelman: “As Nov. 5 approaches, former president Donald Trump has left little room for doubt about his intentions. He will almost certainly declare victory on election night, as the votes are still being counted. He may turn out to be right. But if Vice President Kamala Harris wins, Trump will reject the result as corrupt and launch a scorched-earth campaign to overturn it.

Dan Pfeiffer: “Kelly deserves credit for coming forward when so many others, including former Trump Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, have refused to publicly air their grave concerns about a second Trump term. But before anyone nominates Kelly for the Nobel Peace Prize, he still thinks Trump is a Hitler-fetishizing fascist.” “Trump is a coin-flip away from the nuclear codes, and an interview with the New York Times is barely table stakes.

“Watching Trump day after day, he’s ignored the advice of many senior, respected Republicans to stay on the issues Instead, he’s still talking about the election being stolen, trashing women left and right. He’s just totally unhinged. We don’t need this chaos. We need to move forward, and that’s why I’m where I am.” — Former Rep.