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OK, so what’s the deal with the polling? Most say Biden is ahead, but some say Trump is: |
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© Getty Images Via The Hill’s Jonathan Easley, “Most pollsters show Democratic nominee Joe Biden with a sturdy and stable lead over President Trump at a time when tens of millions of people have already voted and there is almost no time to change the course of the race.” https://bit.ly/3eb8JuV Yes, but… (!): “A handful of contrarian pollsters believe Trump’s support is underrepresented and that election analysts could be headed for another embarrassing miss on Election Day.” From The Trafalgar Group, the only nonpartisan polling group to show Trump’s 2016 lead in Pennsylvania and Michigan: “Trafalgar’s Robert Cahaly says there is a hidden Trump vote that is not being accounted for in polls that show Biden on a glide path to the White House. ‘There are more [shy Trump voters] than last time and it’s not even a contest,’ Cahaly said, adding that it’s ‘quite possible’ that the polling industry is headed for a catastrophic miss in 2020.” What we know: https://bit.ly/3eb8JuV |
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To put this into context — ‘Trump’s chances hinge on a polling screw-up way worse than 2016’: |
| Via Politico’s Steven Shepard, “President Donald Trump still has a path to a second term. But it would take a polling debacle that would make 2016 look like a banner year.” https://politi.co/37RGyA9 Where polling stands: “In most of the core swing states, Joe Biden has maintained a stable — though not overwhelming — lead over Trump in polls over the past few months, continuing into the final week of the election. Some of the state polling averages have tightened slightly since the last debate, though Biden remains consistently ahead. In three live-interview polls of Florida all released on Thursday, Biden led Trump by between 3 and 5 points.” For context (!): “It’s not impossible, but you have to squint to see how Biden’s lead won’t hold up on Election Day. Even signs that were more apparent four years ago — whether in real-time or in retrospect — are more ambiguous this year.” |
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| SPEAKING OF POLLING — HERE’S A NEW POLL SHOWING BIDEN LEADING IN A FEW KEY STATES: |
| Via The Hill’s Julia Manchester, “Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads President Trump in the swing states of North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania less than a week out from Election Day, according to a new Hill/Harris battleground poll.” The numbers: https://bit.ly/37Rkyp3 |
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Texas is a state that will tell us A LOT about the state of the country: |
| Via The Hill’s Niall Stanage, “The result of the presidential election in Texas will say a lot about where American politics is right now — and where it’s headed. If Democratic nominee Joe Biden carries the state, President Trump is on his way to a landslide defeat.” https://bit.ly/3oHaftG It doesn’t even have to be a landslide to be interesting: “If the result is even close, the Lone Star State will be flashing a bright warning sign for the GOP, especially when it comes to the electoral downside of Trump’s approach, including his hard-line rhetoric on immigration.” And if Trump wins easily in Texas: “It will be a sign that many important parts of the country remain out of reach for Democrats.” |
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| WHERE TRUMP AND BIDEN WILL BOTH BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS: |
| Pennsylvania. https://bit.ly/3mzHvBe |
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The dark horse in the race: |
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| ON THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN TRAIL | |
I believe we call this ‘nervous energy’: |
| Via The Hill’s Amie Parnes, “Democrats are largely confident about Joe Biden's chances of winning the White House, but are second-guessing some decisions the Democratic nominee’s campaign made with his late travel schedule.”https://bit.ly/3kO9nRO For example: “The backseat driving includes criticism of the campaign's decision to send Biden to red-state Georgia on Tuesday instead of focusing on a must-win state like Michigan or Wisconsin. Biden's running mate Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is also headed to Texas on Friday, where she will make three stops across the state.” How Democrats have reacted to Biden and Harris spending time in Georgia and Texas: https://bit.ly/3kO9nRO |
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Tidbit — 2008 to 2020: |
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| ON THE GOP CAMPAIGN TRAIL | |
Trump changes his election night plans: |
| Via The New York Times’s Maggie Haberman, “President Trump has called off plans to appear at the Trump International Hotel on election night and is likely to be at the White House instead, according to a person familiar with the plans.” https://nyti.ms/2TEAv9G |
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Cue Salt ‘n’ Peppa please — ‘Let’s talk about fund-rais-ing, lets’s talk about you and the GOP: |
| Via The Hill’s Jordain Carney, “Republicans are facing a post-election reckoning about how they cultivate small-dollar donors.” https://bit.ly/2TDcb8e How so: “Regardless of who wins on Nov. 3, GOP lawmakers and officials say there needs to be a party-wide discussion about how to better fundraise as the coronavirus pandemic magnifies the importance of digital efforts at a time when in-person events are dramatically scaled back.” From Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas): “I’m sure we’ll be going to school on how the Democrats are so successful, because we just can’t afford to be outspent by these huge margins and expect to be successful.” Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Republican in the Senate: “Asked if the party needed a post-election examination of how to better cultivate small-dollar donors, [Thune] replied: ‘Oh my gosh, yes, absolutely, yeah.’ ‘They’ve created a mechanism that’s very effective, and we’re trying to catch up,’ Thune said, noting Republicans ‘were just getting crushed.’ ” |
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The good news, a coronavirus relief package is more likely in a few weeks: |
| Via The Hill’s Alexander Bolton, “Lawmakers in both parties see a deal on a new coronavirus relief package as more likely in the lame-duck session, once the political pressures of the 2020 elections have abated.” https://bit.ly/35ORQ5n What we know: https://bit.ly/35ORQ5n |
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| LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS | |
| Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 8,950,742 U.S. death toll: 228,696 Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y |
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Oh man, this thread is funny: |
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© Twitter Starting with Alabama: https://bit.ly/3oFL0Yy |
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Amazing: |
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| The House and Senate are out. President Trump is campaigning in Michigan and Wisconsin. Vice President Pence is in Nevada and Arizona. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is in Texas. 11 a.m. EDT: President Trump leaves for Michigan. 12:55 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence leaves Reno, Nev., and flies to Arizona. 2:40 p.m. EDT: President Trump leaves for Wisconsin. 5:35 p.m. EDT: President Trump flies to Minnesota. 10:30 p.m. EDT: President Trump returns to the White House. 10:40 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence returns to the White House. |
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| 1 p.m. EDT: President Trump holds a campaign rally in Waterford Township, Mich. Livestream: https://cs.pn/3jDM1wN 1:45 p.m. EDT: Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) campaigns in Fort Worth, Texas. Livestream: https://cs.pn/3jKJWyW 3:05 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence holds a campaign rally in Flagstaff, Ariz. Livestream: https://cs.pn/2TDK1Ks 4 p.m. EDT: President Trump holds a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis. Livestream: https://cs.pn/3jJlZbc 4:45 p.m. EDT: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden campaigns in St. Paul, Minn. Livestream: https://cs.pn/2GfNtYw 5:25 p.m. EDT: Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) campaigns in McAllen, Texas. Livestream: https://cs.pn/3ecbEUe 5:30 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence holds a campaign rally in Tucson, Ariz. Livestream: https://cs.pn/3jD8gCN 6:45 p.m. EDT: President Trump holds a campaign rally in Rochester, Minn. Livestream: https://cs.pn/3eanEFA 7:25 p.m. EDT: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden campaigns in Wisconsin. Livestream: https://cs.pn/2HORjrM 8:35 p.m. EDT: Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) campaigns in Houston. Livestream: https://cs.pn/2TzI3L3 |
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| NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF...: | |
| Today is National Candy Corn Day. |
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Wow, A+ Halloween costumes: |
| – Meet Dr. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx: Via an Instagram post from artist Candice Bergen:https://bit.ly/35MHSlh – This is uncomfortably accurate, but also well played: Via @alienwithnojob, here’s the perfect encapsulation of 2019 vs. 2020 in a costume: https://bit.ly/3ehfDyP – Celebrities are going all out this year: Here’s a list from InStyle of a few celebrity costumes: https://bit.ly/37V6P0r Have you seen any better costumes? Let me know! |
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| And to get your Halloween off to a festive start, here are elephants smashing pumpkins and having a grand old time: https://bit.ly/2HIATRR |
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