Comment on Michelle Obama Lends Her Popularity to Harris

“The Guardian’s 10-day polling tracking average shows Harris, the Democratic nominee and US vice-president, maintaining the single-point advantage over her Republican rival she had a week earlier, 47% to 46%.” “Surveys for the seven battleground states are equally cliffhanging and provide little obvious clue as to who will reach the threshold of 270 electoral votes essential for victory.” “According to poll averages, Harris leads by a single point in Michigan and by less than 1% in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Nevada.

“In the final week of his campaign, former President Donald Trump will cross off a campaign bucket-list item on Sunday: a rally in the iconic Madison Square Garden. The avid Broadway enthusiast will deliver a manatee performance, complete with musical guests and a host of Republican allies,” ABC News reports. “It’s a moment Trump has long said he wanted to have in the state where he has faced criminal and civil trials, becoming a convicted felon and mounted a business empire.” CNN: Madison Square Garden versus the White House Ellipse: where Trump and Harris are making their final pitches.

New York Times: “As Mr. Trump seeks a return to the White House, he has come a long way from his 2016 campaign pitch that he was so rich he was incorruptible. Back then, he mocked the G. O. P.’s donor-lobbyist class and boasted in his announcement speech, ‘I don’t need anybody’s money.’ Today, Mr.

A new New York Times/Siena College poll in New York City finds Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump, 66% to 27%. Although it’s a significant advantage, it also represents a major decline in Democratic support since 2020, when President Biden won the city, 76% to 23%. If it held, it would represent the worst showing for a Democratic presidential candidate in the city since 1988.

“Michelle Obama will urge voters to get off the sidelines and cast a ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday in a rare campaign appearance that coincides with the first day of early voting across Michigan,” USA Today reports. New York Times: Michelle Obama, a reluctant campaigner, hits the trail with Harris.

“Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Texas for a boisterous rally Friday where she ripped into former president Donald Trump over his opposition to abortion rights, seizing on an issue that has boosted Democratic victories in recent elections,” the Washington Post reports. “Harris, who was joined by pop superstar Beyoncé, focused on the state’s restrictive abortion laws to warn voters that as president, Trump would seek to end abortion across the country.” USA Today: Beyoncé’s star power undeniable at Kamala Harris campaign rally in Houston.