Tag Archives: 2020 elections

Politico: Wall Street Is Betting On A Blue Wave

Politico reports: Traders in recent weeks have been piling into bets that a “blue wave” election, in which Democrats also seize the Senate, will produce an economy-juicing blast of fresh fiscal stimulus of $3 trillion or more that carries the U.S. past the coronavirus crisis and into a more normal environment for markets. Far from panicking at the prospect of …

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60M+ Early Votes So Far, TX Near 2016 Total Turnout

CNN reports: More than 60 million pre-election votes have been cast, and 33 states have surpassed their pre-election vote totals from 2016, according to data from CNN, Edison Research and Catalist. Twelve of CNN’s most competitively ranked states are among these states that have exceeded their total 2016 pre-election ballots cast. They include: Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New …

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Politico: Voter Suppression Is Backfiring In Georgia

Politico reports: Voters interviewed by POLITICO said anger over perceived voter suppression tactics is fueling their eagerness to cast early ballots. And indeed, Georgians are voting in numbers never seen before in the state’s history. Since Oct. 12, the first day of early voting, a staggering 2.7 million voters have cast a ballot — a nearly 110 percent increase from …

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Harris To Campaign In TX, Trump Reportedly Will Not

The Texas Tribune reports: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s running mate and the California U.S. senator, will be visiting Texas on Friday, according to an email Biden’s campaign sent to Democratic lawmakers in Texas on Sunday. “Allow me to provide as a courtesy, the below in person travel notification for Sen. Kamala Harris which will be publicly released momentarily,” the email …

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Joe Biden +3 Over Trump In New Texas Poll

The Dallas Morning News reports: Former Vice President Joe Biden has regained a narrow lead over President Donald Trump in Texas, after wooing more independents and Hispanics, according to a poll released Sunday by The Dallas Morning News and University of Texas at Tyler. Biden’s lead among likely voters is 48%-45%, within the poll’s margin of error. In the Texas …

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Joe Biden +7 Over Trump In New Pennsylvania Poll

Just in from Muhlenberg College Polling: As Election Day 2020 draws closer, the latest Muhlenberg College/Morning Call poll finds former Vice President Joe Biden holding a 7-point lead (51%-44%) over President Donald Trump among likely Pennsylvania voters. As President Trump seeks to repeat his 2016 victory in Pennsylvania, he is struggling to overcome the belief among a majority (51%) of …

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Dems Open Large Early Voting Lead In Swing States

Politico reports: Democrats have opened up a yawning gap in early voting over Republicans in six of the most crucial battleground states — but that only begins to tell the story of their advantage heading into Election Day. In a more worrisome sign for Republicans, Democrats are also turning out more low-frequency and newly registered voters than the GOP, according …

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McConnell Shrugs Off Questions About Bruised Hands

The New York Daily News reports: Mitch McConnell asserted Thursday that he is healthy after speculation swirled over what is wrong with the Senate majority leader’s hands. McConnell showed up to work at the Capitol Thursday with both hands appearing severely discolored in a deep purple, with band-aids covering some of the knuckle areas. The Kentucky Republican’s lips and the …

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Trump Repeats His Usual Rally Lies At Final Debate

CNN reports: Donald Trump’s more sedate debate performance on Thursday night was a departure in tone from his chaotic performance weeks ago, but the President continued to cast his warped view of the world as truth. Trump came into the debate needing to clean up from his first performance and he clearly listened to his advisers who urged him to …

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LIVE VIDEO: Second And Final Presidential Debate

NBC News reports: Any Americans still on the fence — and who haven’t been among the hordes of early voters — will have one final chance to hear from President Donald Trump and Joe Biden in their last debate Thursday, during which the president will try to re-energize his base and close the polling gap behind Biden. Thursday’s debate in …

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47+ Million: Early Voting Tally Surpasses 2016 Total

Reuters reports: U.S. voters have cast more than 47 million votes for the Nov. 3 presidential election, eclipsing total early voting from the 2016 election with 12 days to go, according to data compiled by the U.S. Elections Project. Some 47.5 million Americans have turned in ballots, roughly eight times the number of early votes cast at about same point …

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Biden +10 In Third Straight Quinnipiac National Poll

Just in from Quinnipiac Polling: With less than two weeks until Election Day, likely voters support former Vice President Joe Biden over President Donald Trump 51 – 41 percent in a Quinnipiac University national poll. This is the third national survey among likely voters since September that shows Biden with a 10-point lead, as Biden led Trump 52 – 42 …

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NYT/Siena Poll: Trump +7 In KS (Finished +20 In 2016)

The New York Times reports: President Trump, who won Kansas by more than 20 percentage points four years ago, maintains only a single-digit lead in the state, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll released Thursday, an erosion of support that typifies his struggles in nearly every corner of the country as he fights for a second term. With …

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Biden Vows To Form Commission On Court Reform

“If elected what I will do is I’ll put together a national commission of — bipartisan commission of — scholars, constitutional scholars, Democrats, Republicans, liberal, conservative, and I will ask them to over 180 days come back to me with recommendations as to how to reform the court system because it’s getting out of whack, the way in which it’s …

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Data Shows 21,000 Polling Places Eliminated In 2020

Vice News reports: Almost 21,000 Election Day polling places have been eliminated heading into the 2020 U.S. election, a drastic dip in voting locations driven by a heavy shift to mail voting, coronavirus-related consolidations, cost-cutting measures, and voter suppression. VICE News obtained data from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., on the number of physical polling locations they will have …

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Gallup Poll: 56% Say Trump Doesn’t Deserve Reelection

Gallup Polling reports: The majority of U.S. registered voters, 56%, believe President Donald Trump does not deserve to be reelected, while 43% say he does. Voters are even less likely to think “most members of Congress” deserve reelection (29%), although six in 10 say their own House member does. The percentage of voters who say Trump deserves reelection to a …

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LIVE VIDEO: Obama’s First In-Person Biden Event

Philadelphia’s CBS News affiliate reports: Former President Barack Obama is returning to Philadelphia on Wednesday for his first in-person 2020 campaign event for Joe Biden. It will be held in the afternoon outside Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia. The event will be ticketed without public access. In 2016, the man known as one of the Democratic Party’s strongest orators …

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New Quinnipiac Poll: Biden Tied In TX, Biden +8 In PA

Just in from Quinnipiac Polling: In the home stretch of the 2020 presidential election campaign, former Vice President Joe Biden is in a tied race with President Donald Trump in the reliably red state of Texas, and he holds a single digit lead in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, according to Quinnipiac University polls conducted in both states. Today, Trump …

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Handicapper Shifts 11 US House Races Toward Dems

ABC News reports: The Cook Political Report on Wednesday updated its analyses of a dozen House races, shifting all but one more in favor of Democrats as the party looks to expand its majority in the chamber. Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos (D) saw her race against Republican Esther Joy King shift from “like Democratic” to “lean Democratic,” the lone advancement …

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USA Today Poll: Biden +7 Over Trump In Pennsylvania

USA Today reports: With less than two weeks until the Nov. 3 election, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is leading President Donald Trump by 7 percentage points in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania, according to a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll. Nearly half (49%) of likely Pennsylvania voters said they support Biden, while 42% said they support Trump, the …

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