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| 9.24.24
Election News: Second Trump Assassination Attempt, and Poll Updates
How do you feel about the upcoming election?
Election Day is 6 weeks away. Here's what's going on in the polls and the presidential candidates' campaigns.
September 24, 2024
- Last week, former President Donald Trump faced what "appear[ed] to be an attempted assassination" at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. This is the second assassination attempt against Trump this year after a gunshot injured him during a rally in Pennsylvania in July.
- On Sept. 25, the Secret Service saw the suspect, Ryan Routh, pointing a rifle at Trump from the bushes and fired several shots at the suspect. Routh was arrested a short time after fleeing the scene. Prosecutors uncovered a letter allegedly written by Routh planning out his assassination attempt on Trump.
- Former President Donald Trump told an interviewer last week that if he were to lose November's election, he would not run again. He said:
"No...I think that that will be, that will be it. I don't see that at all. I think that hopefully we're gonna be successful."
- This week, Trump and Harris are focusing on immigration, a priority for many voters. Both candidates have emphasized increased border security, with Harris supporting a bill that would add 1,500 Customs and Border Patrol agents to the border, and investments in detection technology to stop fentanyl crossing the border. Trump is more focused on finishing his border wall and emphasizing deportation measures. While Harris is opposed to mass deportation, she is more central-leaning on the issue of immigration than left-leaning.
- The polls currently show Harris in the lead, but they can't be expected to show the exact match of Election Day's final results. Nevertheless, if Harris were to win every state where she's currently in the lead, she would have the necessary electoral votes to win the election.
September 4, 2024
- The U.S. announced a forthcoming effort to counter Russian influence in the 2024 presidential election, specifically targeting fake news sites attempting to sway American voters.
- U.S. officials said they'll seize web domains that the Kremlin's state-run media uses to spread propaganda and disinformation about Ukraine, which Russia invaded in 2022. The Justice Department will get involved in the effort by indicting two Russian employees of RT, a state-owned broadcaster, and takedown the Russian influence campaign known as Doppelganger. The Department of State has sanctioned five Russian state-funded news outlets, including RT, Ruptly, and Sputnik.
- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said:
"The American people are entitled to know when a foreign power engages in political activities or seeks to influence public discourse."
- American spy agencies gauged that the Kremlin would favor former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming election. The State Department is offering a $10 million reward for information about Russian or other foreign interference in American elections.
August 27, 2024
- As more Americans note having a favorable view of Harris, the Trump campaign is ramping up the attempt to portray her in a negative light. They've claimed that she is a D.E.I. hire, a radical communist, not intelligent, Canadian, only recently became Black, and more. Most recently, Trump's team has criticized her for "dodging the press," saying she "doesn't want to talk about her radical agenda."
- Poll trackers continue to show Harris and Trump neck-and-neck nationally and across key swing states. As August wraps up, Harris is a few points ahead of Trump. Experts suspect the uptick in voter preference may be due to the success of the Democratic National Convention and hope Harris can sustain the wave of support.
- Support for Harris has strayed outside her party lines, as more than 200 people who worked for President George W. Bush and Sens. Mitt Romney and John McCain have signed a letter endorsing the vice president. The letter said:
"We have plenty of honest, ideological disagreements with Vice President Harris and Gov. Walz. That's to be expected. The alternative, however, is simply untenable."
- Onlookers see this as a reflection of how Trump has transformed the Republican party under his leadership and the growing group of Republicans who oppose his candidacy.
August 14, 2024
- A week after Vice President Kamala Harris announced Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, a Monmouth University poll found that voters are feeling more enthusiastic about the election with Biden leaving the ballot.
- Nearly 70% of respondents said they were enthusiastic about this presidential election. When it came down to Biden and Trump, enthusiasm never went above 50%. Monmouth University Polling Institute's director, Patrick Murray, said:
"This is clearly a different ballgame. The nominee change has raised the ceiling for potential Democratic support in the presidential contest by a small but crucial amount, at least for now."
- At the same time, the Cook Political Report released polling results that show Harris ahead of or tied with Trump in six of the seven battleground states—Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. This is a turnaround from May when Trump was beating Biden in each of the seven states.
- Meanwhile, Harris and Walz are preparing for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week, where they'll introduce their campaign and platform to the larger swath of voters.
August 6, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election. Here's a breakdown of Walz's history:
- Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, a former member of Congress, former educator, and veteran, is described as a commonsense choice for Harris. Walz, chair of the Democratic Governors Association, was a leading voice for LGBTQ+ rights and has delivered free school meals, abortion protections, gun restrictions, legal marijuana, and more for his state. The Minnesota governor captured the internet's attention in the past few weeks by calling Trump and his supporters "weird." Since then, the Democratic party has honed in on the word, using it as a campaign tactic to bring Trump down.
How do you feel about the upcoming election?
-Jamie Epstein
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I still find it hard to believe that 50% of Americans are dumb enough to vote for a liar, a fraud, a felon or a Putin wana-be. Especially if it's all the same person. Who is tieing his shoes for him?
I'm thrilled that the Harris-Walz ticket is ahead in the polls. However, I am concerned that tRump is already calling them 'fake'. He says that about her crowds, too. He's setting the stage for another January 6th.
You would think that his supporters would be done fighting for the narcissist based on history. But, then again, that crowd really doesn't pay attention to history, nor reality, for that matter.
I'm worried about the MAGA ramifications of another Democratic Presidential win. To deter their actions, it behooves ALL journalists, reporters, commentators, and politicians at every level to confront and condemn the lies, dog whistles, calls for fighting, disinformation, misinformation, and made up calls for vengeance.
What DJ & JD are doing is beyond weird. This behavior destroys our trust in our institutions and decimates our Democracy. It's not okay & needs to be called out NOW!!!
I'm nervous and anxious and afraid of any possibility of a Trump win!
Vice President Harris has turned the campaign around and seems to have the lead. But it's not clear to me just how big that lead is or just how durable it is!
And then there is Trump's Not-So-Secret Plan to Cheat! He has stacked local and state election boards in Too-up states like Georgia. These moles have been told to disrupt and refuse to certify the vote counts. The goal of this is to prevent at least one state from providing any vote count!
That would throw the decision to the U.S. House to make.
And according to the U.S. Constitution each state delegation gets just one vote...
There are more states with majorities of republican representatives--so Trump would win....
Montana gets one vote same as California...
SCARY RIGHT?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/15/politics/video/project-2025-russell-vought-lah-digvid?cid=ios_app
if you think miller was wierd & evil just hear this! latinos and asians of all stripes who are trumpets - you wont know what hit you on day 1 of a bozo presidency
If this does not open your eyes you must be simply born STUPID!
I'm thrilled we finally have a decent, reasonable, intelligent, experienced candidate on the ballot. I'm disgusted and appalled that we also have a mentally ill, emotionally deranged, ethically bankrupt felon on the ticket running against the sane, reasonable candidate. I am hoping for a straight Dem win across the board: president/vp, senate, and house. Then, and only then, can this country recover from decades of Republican-instilled abuse, with the billionaire class taking over, the environment suffering, and no recourse to gun violence.
sad. we still only have the power to elect the chosen rich capitalist war mongers presented to us. no matter what pupet entertains the people, the same show goes on.
the Democratic party is the lesser of the two evils, but we are so far from resonalble compromise. I feel like the choice is between authoritarian fascism, or neo liberal fascism. Both are distastful.
We need heathcare and housing for all. We need an end to the occupaton of Palestine, and an end to funding the IDFs war crimes. We still need real police reform, and reforms to our justice system. We need real action on the climate dissaster. we can no longer ignore it for the sake of the economy.We need to start putting humanity first.
It's sickening that there are STILL people who support Rump.
VP Debate on October 1!
They've agreed!
Trump says civilian award is better than Medal of Honor because soldiers who received it are ‘in very bad shape’ or ‘dead’
hey maga idiots - you want this boxo to run america? you must have lost your marbles !
I feel better than I did but Harris backing off universal healthcare sucks balls. Why do we constantly have to do without in this country? When will we get a political leader that will stick to their guns about this? Why is the middle of this country so much to the right?
I'm "voting angry about the upcoming election" simply because in no sane, kind, compassionate, democratic world would Trump be remotely considered or capable of being a candidate. That I have to vote against such a corrupt, felonious, morally bankrupt, mentally incompentent, insane individual is unacceptable. I live for the day I never have to give another moment of headspace to this pathetic excuse for a human being.
Sadly, if this election is conducted as the elections in 2020 and 2022, it is likely manipulation of.votes will occur. Photo ID and proof of US citizenship is a must. Spreading the dates that one may vote over other than election day increases the opportunity for fraud.
Scientist Marjorio Taylor Greene has figure out the weather and it all leads back to Democrats. Who would ever guess she would blame the democrats? Moving a truck load of clouds
L O L! Trump is trying to relive the good old days going back to where someone first tried to shoot him I would guess to relive the whole experiene.
January 6 sequel by Mike Johnson and the GOP (Grand Old Polluters) republican party! Republicans know how to steal from Americans!
Like daaaaa! You think?
Obviously, the evangelist didn't get the message, but some religions did! Jesus and God are liberals!
CNN as Melania Trump for an interview Her book publisher asked for $250,000 in exchange!
L O L Everyone in the entire pathetic family seems to be a grifter. It really is both sad laughable, and so predictable. What a group, the sham, flimflam, shakedown family it appears that the whole drive for their existence is to divide people from their money and stick it in their own pockets. Sick.
Barrett told former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters The " Donald Trump and my pillow guy, disciple" Who allowed other Republicans to tinker with voting machines just got nine years in prison. I wonder how funny she's going to think it is in about a year because she found it very funny at the trial. So she let herself down she let the country down and she let her family down.
What's really pathetic here Is that all the talk from the Republicans about voter fraud is really been implemented by the Republican party sunder the direction of Donald Trump. Republican party has become the threat to America.
a must watch for all republicans
https://youtu.be/KHuMjIhS6t0?si=CdKvqcNJIwSNOjl7
I am so sick of the Donald Trump JD Vance freak show that I could vomit on my shoes. Both of these guys are complete jerks and idiots. Can we please get on the election and then walk Donald Trump up where he belongs with the rest of the sex offenders, taxi invaders, draftdodgers, and cheats!
This election is one of the most disturbing in my 70 years. I feel strongly about Kamala and Walt, but I am also fearful that our country is so divided and Trump and Vance are so frightening.
https://aje.io/3l1atc
when zionists kill tens of thousands civilians, blow up pagers maim hundreds of thousands, displace millions it is not heinous?
declaring un prez persona non grata shows israel's total disregard for law & order
america's blind & unconditional continued support is idiotic elections or no elections!
israel may win a battle but will lose the 'war' - by poking / prodding / usurping land for thousands of illegal settlements israel has proved they can never live in peace anywhere?
americans WHAT ARE YOU SUPPORTING?
Man who lives in glass house doesn't care! Because he is relying on short term memory people, except it's him!
Does it come as any surprise that a group of Republicans broke into the VA to gather medical records on the vice presidential candidates? Republicans are the first to scream about unfair elections, and the first to be involved in making them unfair. Completely sick and tired of it I'm completely sick and tired of Donald Trump's lying about the election and all of the ridiculous, crap that surrounded it from the Republicans. It's time to stick a fork in the Republican party and let it reinvent itself and rid itself of all of its right wing misguided lying leaders.
There's a lot of issues in this campaign. They're really important like integrity or the lack there of on Donald Trump's part but something more important is happening and has just happened A category four storm killed 120 people and climbing, but the Republicans believe there's no global warming and do nothing about it. It would take an idiot not to see that hurricanes are born out of warm water and the warmer the water the bigger the hurricane. This is one of the biggest hurricanes we have ever had in geographic size, combined with the status of a force four it's directly caused by warming oceans there's no way around it. That's the answer. That's the reason. If we want to save this planet for our children and their children, we need to start right now we need to begin by throwing out idiot non believers in climate change. Like Trump and just dumb Vance. This doesn't take an Einstein to see the truth.
It's good that the GOP Republican MAGA want a fair election?
Not only he doesn't like paying overtime, but prevailing wage, contractor or Latino!
ABSOLUTE MUST WATCH ESPECIALLY REPUBLICANS!
https://youtu.be/_AYO2ifcubc?si=FGFtIzUEtIt3eoLG
I'm quite troubled in reading some of the comments. It would appear that Trump Derangement Syndrome is alive and well.
Perhaps this is not a bipartisan site, because it does seem that the there's a definite lean towards one site of the isle and a lot of name calling.
I'm also assuming that all of the commenters are quite satisfied with the results from the current administration in regards to our economy, immigration and possibility of getting into a war. I hope so, because a vote for Harris will have us not being able recognize the United States. It will be twice as disasterous as the last three plus years.
I'm praying that the Lord God will give his strength, protection and wisdom to the people and may his will be done. God bless you all.
I just can't wait to get this over with.
It will be a close election between a crazy guy and a woman who wants to end the country as we know it.
Even the threat to end the filibuster only opens the door to a new game of hold my beer. Democrats win and the filibuster ends for abortion, then it will progress to taxes and statehood and gun control.
Sound great? Then in 4 years when things go to pot, republicans come in and end income taxes, allow people to own automatic weapons, and return all non essential power back to the states.
Dems win again and before we know it we are in some kind of dictatorship.
Not the future I am voting for. Both sides are crazy and a threat. So far only one has threatened a future that will upend the country and any chance we will have to agree by being forced to compromise and on behalf of a significant majority of the states