Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the August 20, 2024, edition of Opinion Today
Tracking the 2024 Presidential Election Cameron Easley & Eli Yokley, Morning Consult Harris leads Trump 48% to 44%, up 1 percentage point over the past week and tying a record high set earlier this month. Harris has not trailed Trump in a single daily tracking survey since we first updated this page with their head-to-head matchup in late July.
How Americans actually perceive Kamala Harris’ racial identity Nathan Chan (Loyola Marymount) & Matthew Tokeshi (Williams), Good Authority Americans Increasingly Say Project 2025 Describes What Trump Stands For Gabriela Parra, Navigator Research
New Hampshire: Harris Now Ahead of Trump by 7 Points Saint Anselm College Survey Center Where Harris has, and has not, rebuilt the Democratic coalition Ronald Brownstein, CNN Washington’s ‘jungle primary’ points to Democratic victories Max McCall and Lakshya Jain (Split Ticket), Washington Post Why the Dem Convention Won't Be All About Trump Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box The election is extremely close Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring Beware of Mad Poll Disease In Good Times and In Bad Michael Podhorzer, Weekend Reading The Harris poll surge is driven heavily by women and younger voters Philip Bump, Washington Post
Kamala Harris Isn’t Bluffing Nate Silver, New York Times Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris: Inside Their Quietly Close Bond Annie Karni and Katie Glueck, New York Times [unlocked] Tim Walz Is Key to Winning Rural Voters for Democrats. First, He’ll Need to Win Over His Hometowns. Kristina Peterson, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Americans' Views of Marijuana Effects Worsen Megan Brenan, Gallup
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DNC Night 1: Joe Biden Passes The Torch To Next Generation
The NPR Politics PodcastKamala Harris fueling Democratic enthusiasm, CBS News poll shows
CBS NewsWhy So Many Young Men Are Leaving Democrats for Republicans in 2024
Wall Street Journal‘Remarkably different race’: John King shows multiple pathways to victory
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