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In today’s issue, we explore how Donald Trump is ramping up his campaign in the final stages of the campaign. Plus, Senior Political Editor Mark Murray breaks down the shortcomings of a new poll targeting Latino voters.
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Trump accelerated the pace of his campaign as Republicans feared Harris’ failure.
Written by Catherine Doyle, Jake Traylor, Jonathan Allen
Former President Donald Trump is finally preparing to sprint toward retaking the White House.
Mr. Trump, who was ousted this summer when the Democratic Party shuffled candidates, has held 26 campaign events this month, mostly rallies, and in June and July, according to an analysis of his schedule by NBC News. That’s more than the 21 times he participated in the event combined. Strengthening began in August and 19 events were held.
Campaigns traditionally pick up steam after Labor Day, but some Republicans have been running around the country since Vice President Kamala Harris took over the leadership from President Joe Biden in August. There were concerns that the vice president might have jumped on Mr. Now Trump is in a race against time with Harris.
President Trump held two rallies over the weekend in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. In both cases, he made increasingly personal attacks on Harris, baselessly questioning her mental health and calling her “mentally ill.” At a rally in Pennsylvania, he called for Harris to be “impeached and prosecuted” for her policies related to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Campaign officials say further events will be led by Trump himself, who was supposed to spend his Sunday relaxing but instead insisted he “got to do something” and held a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania. He said it led to.
President Trump is scheduled to make two stops in Wisconsin on Tuesday, where the vice presidential debate will take place. And on Saturday, Trump will return to Butler, Pennsylvania, to hold an event at the venue where he was shot and killed in an assassination attempt on July 13.
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Hurricane Helen Impact: President Trump took a detour from the campaign trail on Monday to visit Valdosta, Georgia, one of the areas affected by Hurricane Helen.
Matt Dixon, Adam Edelman, Megan Lebowitz President Trump hasn’t been able to reach Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to discuss the hurricane’s impact on the state. It is reported that he made a false claim. Earlier in the day, Kemp, a Republican, said he didn’t initially answer Biden’s calls, but that he called back and the two were able to connect Sunday evening.
Although President Trump said he did not visit Georgia to discuss politics, he criticized the photo Harris posted on social media showing her receiving an explanation from a FEMA administrator, calling it a “fabricated and staged photo.” The federal government and Democratic governors said: “They haven’t gone out of their way to help people in Republican areas,” including Roy Cooper in North Carolina.
Mr. Biden and Mr. Harris both said they intended to visit Helen’s affected areas as soon as they were safe from impacting emergency response efforts.
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New poll highlights how diverse and divided the Latino electorate is
Written by Mark Murray
The most important takeaway from the NBC News/Telemundo/CNBC Latino Poll overall is how politically diverse and divided the Latino electorate will be in 2024, and this is seen across a broad swath of the electorate. reflects the same fault line as .
Among registered Latino voters nationwide, Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump 54% to 40%, according to the poll. The gender gap is stark, with Latino women favoring Harris over Trump by 26 percentage points (60% to 34%), while Latino men are split between the candidates, at 47% each.
By religious affiliation, Harris leads by 20 percentage points among Catholic Latinos (56% to 36%) and even more among non-religious Latinos (71% to 24%). Meanwhile, Trump holds a 36-point lead among evangelical Latinos (64% to 28%).
There are also educational disparities. Harris leads among both college-educated Latina men (58% to 42%) and college-educated Latina women (61% to 35%), as well as men without a college degree (51% to 38%). Mr. Trump is in the lead.
Then there are issues like immigration, with polls showing that 52% of Latino voters say it’s more important to prevent discrimination against immigrants and create a path to citizenship, compared to 46% who say securing the border is more important. respondents say it is more important to stop immigration. Entering the country illegally.
“The Latino electorate is incredibly diverse. It cannot be overstated,” said Hart Research, which conducted the poll in collaboration with Republican pollster Micah Roberts and the team at Public Opinion Strategies.・Eileen Cardona Arroyo, a Democratic pollster at Associates, said.
“We’re focusing on the Latino electorate, not the integrated Latino community,” she added.
Telemundo’s Julio Baqueiro said Sunday on “Meet the Press.” “Sometimes I wonder if there is such a thing as a ‘Latino vote.'”
More than anything, polls say, this explains why Democrats have lost support among Latino voters over the past decade. They are not monolithic and reflect the same divisions we see across the electorate when it comes to gender, religion, and education.
Read more: Nnamdi Egwuongwu delves into how the Harris and Trump campaigns are targeting the increasingly fragmented Latino electorate in very different ways.
🗞️ Today’s Top News
⚫ Aftermath of assassination attempt: The latest NBC News poll finds that a majority of voters believe that some politicians and media figures are “radicalized” as contributing to the attempted assassination attempt on President Trump in Florida this month. denounces “political statements.” Meanwhile, Ryan Routh, 58, who was charged with plotting to kill President Trump, has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Continue reading → ⚖️ Georgia’s abortion ban struck down: A Fulton County judge has struck down Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, allowing the procedure to resume and making it legal up to 22 weeks of pregnancy. Continue reading → ⚖️Challenge Georgia election rules: Democrats take Georgia Board of Elections to task over newly passed rules requiring counties to hand count ballots cast on Election Day. I appealed. Continue reading → 📣 Talk about your generation: Older voters are likely to play a key role in elections as the once-reliable Republican voting bloc becomes increasingly chaotic. Continue reading → 💰 DOUBLE: Harris promises to ‘double’ Justice Department resources to cut off flow of fentanyl into US after President Trump falsely claims he wants to legalize fentanyl did. Continue reading → 💵 The Need for Aid: The Wall Street Journal reports that Americans are now more reliant than ever on government aid, relying on programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. I am. This aid is critical to economically stressed regions, many of which are in swing states. Continue reading → 🗳 Down-ballot battles: Here’s a look at the state legislatures where control is being contested this fall. Read more → Follow the live broadcast from the campaign trail →
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