Harris campaign does not support changes to electoral system – Report
Tim Walz has made it clear that he is not a supporter of the Electoral College, but switching the presidential selection system to a national popular vote is not a position taken by Kamala Harris’ campaign, Politico reported. .
“Governor Walz believes that every vote counts in the Electoral College and is honored to be traveling across the country and in battleground states to drum up support for Candidate Harris Walz. He was commenting to his many powerful supporters about how his campaign would be structured to win 270 electoral votes, and he is funding these efforts. We appreciate their support,” a spokesperson for the Harris-Waltz campaign said in response to Walz’s comments yesterday calling for the introduction of a national popular vote.
As Minnesota’s governor, Mr. Walz last year signed legislation that made the state part of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, whose member states pledged to award electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. To date, 18 states have signed the agreement, but it will only go into effect once all 270 states have signed on.
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Updated to 09.41 EDT
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Donald Trump plans to hold a rally at New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden about a week before Election Day, the New York Post reported.
Mr. Trump, a New York native, has held rallies in and around Democratic-heavy cities during the campaign, including earlier this year in an apparent effort to promote his candidacy to voters of color. That includes a rally in the Bronx.
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Voters are interested in the economy, democracy, terrorism, and the Supreme Court is also important – survey
A new Gallup poll released today confirms that the economy remains the most important issue for voters this election, but they also care about the nominee’s position on the Supreme Court, the war on terrorism, and the state of America. The focus will also be on maintaining democracy.
The findings on the economy are not entirely new, with previous surveys by Gallup and others finding that voters rank the economy as the issue that concerns them most. And, as other polls have found as well, Gallup reports that Donald Trump is more trusted than Kamala Harris on this issue.
Voters say Donald Trump can control the economy better than Kamala Harris (54% vs. 45%). Trump also has an advantage in perceptions regarding his handling of immigration (+9 points) and foreign policy (+5), while Harris leads on climate change (+26), abortion (+16) and health care (+10). It is considered to be superior in terms of ). The two candidates are evenly matched when it comes to voters’ impressions of which candidate will do a better job on gun policy.
Here’s more on what the Gallup survey found.
52% of voters now rate the economy as having a “very important” impact on their vote for president, the highest since October 2008 during the Great Recession (55% of voters said the same). It has become. In polls conducted just before elections in other presidential election years since 1996, between 38% and 44% of voters rated candidates’ positions on the economy as very important to their vote. Half of these measurements come from September or October polls. The exceptions are 2000 (August), 2012 (February), and 2016 (May).
Other than the economy, no other issue was rated “very important” by most voters. However, the majority consider most issues to be “very” or “very important.” Only two issues, climate change (50%) and transgender rights (38%), are considered very or extremely important to the president’s vote choice by less than a majority of voters.
Between 41% and 49% of voters said four issues were very important to their vote: U.S. democracy, terrorism and national security, the type of Supreme Court justice the candidate would choose if he became president, and immigration. answered that it is important. Ten issues were said to be very important by 31% to 38% of voters, including education, health care, gun policy, abortion, taxes, crime, the distribution of U.S. income and wealth, the federal budget deficit, foreign affairs, and federal issues. It is evaluated. Middle East situation between Israel and Palestine.
Fewer voters, 23% to 27%, believe that five issues are very important to their vote choice: energy policy, relations with Russia, race relations, relations with China, and trade with other countries. . 21% of voters cited climate change and 18% said transgender rights were most important to their vote.
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In the latest sign of how close this presidential race is, a new Reuters/Ipsos national poll shows Kamala Harris’ lead over Donald Trump has narrowed.
A poll conducted by the same company in late September showed that the vice president had a 6-point lead over Trump, but that gap has now widened to 3 points, with Harris’ approval rating at 46% and Trump’s approval rating at 43%. %.
National polls help gauge the overall mood of the country, but the election is expected to be decided in seven battleground states clustered along the Sunbelt and Great Lakes. Here are the poll details from Reuters:
The four-day poll, completed Monday, showed Trump, who had a 6-point lead over Harris in the Sept. 20-23 Reuters/Ipsos poll, is the preferred candidate on a range of economic issues. , indicating that some voters may be swayed by his claims. The claim that immigrants in this country illegally are more likely to commit crime has been largely discredited by academics and think tanks.
The poll had a margin of error of about 3 percentage points.
Respondents rated the economy as the biggest issue facing the country, with 38% choosing Harris, while about 44% said Trump would be more likely to address the cost of living. They said they were taking an excellent approach in their efforts.
Among the various economic issues that the next president should address, about 70% of respondents say the cost of living is most important, with only a minority choosing the job market, taxes, or stocks that will make them “financially better off.” I answered that it was only. Trump received more support than Harris in each of these areas, but voters said by a margin of 42% to 35% that Harris was the better candidate to close the gap between wealthy Americans and average Americans. I thought there was.
President Trump appeared buoyed by concerns about immigration, which are currently at the highest level in more than 100 years in the United States. The poll found that about 53% of voters agreed with the statement that “immigrants entering the country illegally pose a threat to public safety,” while 41% disagreed. A May Reuters/Ipsos poll found voters even more divided on this question, with 45% in favor and 46% opposed.
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Harris campaign does not support changes to electoral system – Report
Tim Walz has made it clear that he is not a supporter of the Electoral College, but switching the presidential selection system to a national popular vote is not a position taken by Kamala Harris’ campaign, Politico reported. .
“Governor Walz believes that every vote counts in the Electoral College and is honored to be traveling across the country and in battleground states to drum up support for Candidate Harris Walz. He was commenting to his many powerful supporters about how his campaign would be structured to win 270 electoral votes, and he is funding these efforts. We appreciate their support,” a Harris-Waltz campaign spokesperson said in response to Walz’s comments yesterday calling for a national popular vote.
As Minnesota’s governor, Mr. Walz last year signed legislation that made the state part of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, whose member states pledged to award electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. To date, 18 states have signed the agreement, but the agreement will only go into effect once all 270 states have signed on.
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Updated to 09.41 EDT
Walz criticizes electoral system as opinion polls leave presidential election uncertain
Good morning, readers of the American Politics Blog. Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz made interesting comments yesterday criticizing the Electoral College and calling for a national popular vote. “The Electoral College needs to be abolished,” Walz said at a fundraiser in Sacramento. “We need a national popular vote that means something. But that’s not the world we live in.” Presidents based on each state’s electoral votes rather than overall public support The US system for selecting candidates has confounded Democrats in recent decades, even though Republicans Donald Trump lost the popular vote in 2016 and George W. Bush in 2000. won the White House. Deciding the presidency through a national popular vote would require a significant political push, something Republicans are sure to resist and it won’t happen anytime soon, but Walz’s comments are for another reason. Worth noting. It is possible that you will not receive the popular vote in the November 5th vote.
Neither Mr. Trump nor Mr. Kamala Harris yet appears to have gained a decisive advantage in the swing states that will decide the vote. Our poll tracker shows you how close the two candidates are. In some battleground states, the difference between the two is as little as one-tenth of a percentage point. Mr. Walz, Mr. Trump and running mate J.D. Vance are scheduled to hold campaign events today. These events will probably make their tickets the most expensive.
Here’s what happened today:
Today, Arizona, especially the southern city of Tucson, is getting a lot of attention. Mr. Vance will be campaigning in the city starting at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time, and Mr. Walz will be campaigning in the city from 2:00 p.m. with Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego and Jim McCain, son of the state’s late Republican senator John McCain. campaign. Walz is also planning a rally in the area starting at 6:30 p.m.
President Trump will campaign in Scranton, Pennsylvania at 3 p.m. The city is Joe Biden’s childhood hometown and is also located in a battleground state that is believed to determine the election.
Hurricane Milton continues to move toward Florida’s west coast amid warnings that it could cause severe and widespread damage, including in communities affected by recent Hurricane Helen. Follow our live blog for more information.
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Updated to 09.26 EDT
