Jul 23, 2024 11:03 PM
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Mourning Joe: "Never underestimate what the Establishment can accomplish in a little over three months with a live body instead of a somnambulist one. That's the whole mainstream news, entertainment industry, academic community, and progressive-supporting business complex doing nothing but exalting its new candidate non-stop..."
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What a Kamala Harris presidency would mean for science (Scientific American)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic...r-science/
As the daughter of a cancer researcher, Kamala Harris would bring a lifelong familiarity with science to the presidency, experts say [...] Harris has long promoted action on climate as well as environmental justice, says Leah Stokes, a climate-policy researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Harris leads Trump by two-percentage-points in new presidential race poll
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/522954/...-race-poll
INTRO: Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
The poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, followed both the Republican National Convention where Trump on Thursday formally accepted his party's nomination and the Biden announcement on Sunday he was leaving the race and endorsing Harris.
Harris, whose campaign says she has secured the Democratic nomination, led Trump 44 percent to 42 percent in the national poll, a difference within the 3-percentage-point margin of error.
Harris and Trump were tied at 44 percent in a 15-16 July poll, and Trump led by one percentage point in a 1-2 July poll, both within the same margin of error.
While nationwide surveys give important signals of American support for political candidates, just a handful of competitive states typically tilt the balance in the US Electoral College, which ultimately decides who wins a presidential election.
The most recent poll results underscored the rationale for Biden dropping out of the race and for Harris replacing him on the ticket.
Some 56 percent of registered voters agreed with a statement that Harris, 59, was "mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges," compared to 49 percent who said the same of Trump, 78... (MORE - details)
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What a Kamala Harris presidency would mean for science (Scientific American)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic...r-science/
As the daughter of a cancer researcher, Kamala Harris would bring a lifelong familiarity with science to the presidency, experts say [...] Harris has long promoted action on climate as well as environmental justice, says Leah Stokes, a climate-policy researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Harris leads Trump by two-percentage-points in new presidential race poll
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/522954/...-race-poll
INTRO: Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
The poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, followed both the Republican National Convention where Trump on Thursday formally accepted his party's nomination and the Biden announcement on Sunday he was leaving the race and endorsing Harris.
Harris, whose campaign says she has secured the Democratic nomination, led Trump 44 percent to 42 percent in the national poll, a difference within the 3-percentage-point margin of error.
Harris and Trump were tied at 44 percent in a 15-16 July poll, and Trump led by one percentage point in a 1-2 July poll, both within the same margin of error.
While nationwide surveys give important signals of American support for political candidates, just a handful of competitive states typically tilt the balance in the US Electoral College, which ultimately decides who wins a presidential election.
The most recent poll results underscored the rationale for Biden dropping out of the race and for Harris replacing him on the ticket.
Some 56 percent of registered voters agreed with a statement that Harris, 59, was "mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges," compared to 49 percent who said the same of Trump, 78... (MORE - details)
