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Oct 25, 2024
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This just in: Half of all Americans see Trump as a fascist.

HALF!

Not charmingly rough around the edges. Not roguishly crude. Not merely insane. A fascist. So that’s rather bad news for him. As is the news that Jeffrey Epstein and he evidently coordinated a sexual assault on a young model.

And then there’s all the good news for Kamala Harris. Let’s tune in.

The top line: Kamala Harris is still ahead nationally, as well as in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada.

Among the earliest voters, Harris leads Trump 2 to 1, according to USA/Suffolk. That is, Harris leads 63% to 34%. Holy moly. Observers call this a “sweeping lead.”

More than 30 million votes have already been cast. In early voting, more Democrats are showing up than Republicans, and more women than men. This early-voting surge is an advantage for Harris.

"Large Harris voter leads are being banked every day," says David Paleologos, director of Suffolk's Political Research Center. Having so many votes in the bank, he says, “gives the Harris campaign some time to persuade Election Day voters.”

Of the 57,893,420 mail-in and early in-person votes requested nationally, 46% were requested by registered Democrats and 29% by registered Republicans.

One mind-blowing data point from the crux battleground state of Pennsylvania.

Of the 1,208,063 mail-in and early in-person votes cast in Pennsylvania, 61% have been by registered Democrats and 31% registered Republicans.

61% - 31%. You read that right.

But there’s so much more.

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