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Male Pollsters Shocked — Shocked!! — When a Woman Pollster Discovers Women Voters — On Friday, Nate Silver tweeted and substacked a piece declaring that there must be herding going on in the casino. — His substack analysis didn't acknowledge, however, that this herding was going on in his casino.
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Breitbart, Silver Bulletin, HotAir, Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Michael Lee / Fox News:
Major pollster drops final battleground poll numbers — Harris hold slim leads in four of the seven main battleground states — The final New York Times/Siena College Battleground poll of the 2024 race shows a razor-tight election in the battleground states just days before the election.
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USA Today, Silver Bulletin, New York Post, RedState, New York Times, The Hill, ABC News, Forbes and Townhall
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Kari Lake is struggling to match Trump's numbers in Arizona. She doesn't believe the polls. — Polls show Donald Trump is running neck-and-neck with Kamala Harris in the state but Lake has fallen significantly behind Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego. (Her AI modeling says otherwise.)
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Raw Story, The Atlantic and CBS News
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Final NBC News poll: Harris-Trump race is neck and neck, with significant gender gap
Final NBC News poll: Harris-Trump race is neck and neck, with significant gender gap
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Emerson Polling, ABC News, Boston Herald, Mother Jones, Fox News, Forbes and Bloomberg
Business Insider:
Kamala Harris' new lead in top Iowa poll could bode well for her in some key swing states
Kamala Harris' new lead in top Iowa poll could bode well for her in some key swing states
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The Guardian, Politico, Townhall, Raw Story, RedState, Fortune, Iowa Starting Line, The Independent, Reuters, KUSA-TV, PoliticusUSA, Des Moines Register, Fox News, Axios, New Jersey Online, CNN, The Hill, CNBC and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Some Surprises in Last Battleground Polls, but Still a Deadlock
Some Surprises in Last Battleground Polls, but Still a Deadlock
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New York Post, Semafor, Fortune, Axios, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Forbes, Bloomberg, Fox News and Wide World of News
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Boasts ‘Every Rally Is Full’ as Camera Immediately Pans to Empty Seats, People Leaving — The former president falsely claimed his rallies “do not have any seats that are empty” — A savvy camera operator fact checked Donald Trump live. — During his rally in Greensboro …
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Washington Post:
Trump says he doesn't mind someone shooting at journalists at rally
Trump says he doesn't mind someone shooting at journalists at rally
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Semafor, ABC News, The Atlantic, The Times of Israel, Associated Press, The Independent and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone:
Trump Forgets What State He's in During Home-Stretch Rally Blitz
Trump Forgets What State He's in During Home-Stretch Rally Blitz
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Washington Post, NC Newsline, The Guardian, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Washington Examiner, New York Post and Breitbart
Associated Press:
Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn't have left White House after 2020 loss — Donald Trump gave a profane and conspiracy-laden speech two days before the presidential election, talking about reporters being shot and suggesting he “shouldn't have left” the White House after his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
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Wall Street Journal, Metro.co.uk, Townhall, The Independent, East Bay Times, NPR, Fox News and HuffPost
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Harris campaign: The Iowa poll is exciting, but... Democrats were giddy Saturday when a gold-standard poll found Kamala Harris narrowly leading Donald Trump in deep-red Iowa. But Harris' senior campaign officials are cautioning against getting too excited about the Des Moines Register survey.
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Washington Post:
Harris vows unity in closing message while Trump lashes out
Harris vows unity in closing message while Trump lashes out
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The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Daily Kos, CBS News, ABC News and Washington Times
New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Harris, at Michigan State Rally, Pledges to Be ‘President for All Americans’
Election Live Updates: Harris, at Michigan State Rally, Pledges to Be ‘President for All Americans’
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ABC News, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, New York Post, East Bay Times and Associated Press
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Stefanik on gender voting gap: 'Trump's campaign has strong, intelligent women'
Stefanik on gender voting gap: 'Trump's campaign has strong, intelligent women'
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Washington Examiner, Fox News and The 19th
Tara Suter / The Hill:
FCC commissioner claims Harris on ‘SNL’ violates ‘equal time’ rule
FCC commissioner claims Harris on ‘SNL’ violates ‘equal time’ rule
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New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, Fox News, Mediaite, Deadline, The Guardian, Townhall, UPI, Washington Examiner, Vanity Fair, One America News Network, RedState, Breitbart, The Independent, The Daily Caller, IJR, Variety, NBC News, Washington Times, Michigan News Source, Politico, Public, The Gateway Pundit, Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times, Daily Mail and New York Times
KABE-LP:
Univision Poll: More than 60% of Latino voters in Pennsylvania support Kamala Harris amid the controversy over calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at a Trump rally — A Univision and YouGov survey shows that 69% of respondents considered comments defining Puerto Rico as …
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Vanity Fair and Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Pro-Trump Comic's Puerto Rico Insult Raises Democrats' Hopes In Pennsylvania
Pro-Trump Comic's Puerto Rico Insult Raises Democrats' Hopes In Pennsylvania
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Lawyers, Guns & Money and NPR
NBC News:
Trump doesn't rule out banning vaccines if he becomes president: 'I'll make a decision' — In an interview with NBC News, the former president also said that a push by RFK Jr. to remove fluoride in water “sounds OK to me.” — Former President Donald Trump said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would have a …
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The Hill, Forbes, HuffPost and The Gateway Pundit
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Mary L. Trump / The Good in Us:
North Carolina—and Iowa? — I did not see this coming — N.B.—Please join me for the last “Ask Mary Anything within Reason” before the election. It's going to be a good one! — Thanks to Donald and the fact that we've been subjected to the Big Lie for almost four years …
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The Status Kuo and Associated Press
John Blake / CNN:
After their son came out, this conservative Christian couple went into a closet of their own — As soon as Greg McDonald Jr. saw his parents, he knew he was in trouble. His father stood waiting for him with his arms folded and his brow furrowed. Beside him was Greg's mother, her eyes red and puffy.
Jake Lahut / Wired:
Canvassers for Elon Musk's America PAC Were Fired and Stranded in Michigan After Speaking Out — A dozen Black canvassers were tricked, threatened, and driven in seatless U-Haul vans. They were fired after WIRED reported on their plight—some without full pay or a way back home.
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Rolling Stone
A.R. Moxon / The Reframe:
Apology Not Accepted — I woke up yesterday morning to learn that Don Trump—the famed rapist, convicted felon, and white christian presidential candidate—had mimed performing a blowjob on his microphone stand to the clear delight of his crowd. — There's a famous Christian thinker named Jesus H. Christ …
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
GOP candidate Tim Sheehy says medical records don't exist for gunshot wound — In May, the candidate said it was “insulting and ridiculous” that he would be asked to provide them. — Tim Sheehy, the Montana Republican nominee for Senate, said in an interview with former Fox News host Megyn Kelly …
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Megyn Kelly presses Sheehy on bullet wound story: “So confusing”
Megyn Kelly presses Sheehy on bullet wound story: “So confusing”
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The Independent, Daily Montanan, HuffPost, The Hill and Raw Story
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Ann Selzer: How Could This Be? — Few states are as red as Iowa, and yet the legendary Iowa pollster Ann Selzer found that Kamala has leapfrogged over Trump to take the lead there. The turnaround is due to women—particularly women 65 and older, who previously tilted toward Trump, but now favor Kamala 63% to 28%.
Discussion:
Des Moines Register and USA Today
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Bill Clinton has hopes and fears on what comes after 2024 - for the country, the party and himself — Michigan's West Coast CNN — Rumbling down the road between small towns in western Michigan, Bill Clinton was considering mortality - potentially American democracy's or the Democratic Party's, but also his own.
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The Hill, Mediaite, Digby's Hullabaloo and Fox News
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
James O'Keefe Recruits Election Workers to Secretly Record at the Polls — Mr. O'Keefe has sought volunteers willing to wear hidden cameras and hunt for voting problems. Dozens of election judges and poll monitors responded, records show. — James O'Keefe, the conservative influencer …
Soo Rin Kim / ABC News:
Trump campaign leaving some cities with hundreds of thousands in unpaid bills after rallies — Albuquerque officials say Trump now owes the city $444,986 over five years. — Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Oct. 31, 2024, in Albuquerque, N.M.