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5 in 6 Wisconsinites who don't believe in God back Kamala Harris in new battleground poll

The poll’s two-way ballot test shows a whopping 82% of likely voters who say they have “no religion” support Harris, compared with 17% behind Trump. Among respondents who identify as something other than Protestant or Catholic, 55% back the vice president, while 30% support the former president. ...

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US Postal Service delays threaten to disrupt election voting, officials say

Wed 11 Sep 2024 16.17 EDT State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the US Postal Service (USPS) that it hasn’t fixed persistent deficiencies. The officials said in a letter that over the past year, including the just-concluded primary season, mailed ballots that were postmarked on time were received by local ele ...

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Taylor Swift drives more than 330,000 visitors to U.S. voter information site

By Martha Ross | Bay Area News Group UPDATED: September 11, 2024 at 4:12 p.m. It looks like the pop mega-star may have pulled off another voter registration coup after encouraging her more than 283 million followers to make sure they are ready to vote in the Nov. 5 presidential election. While the conventional wisdom has long been that celebrity endorsements of political candidates don’t matter, Taylor Swift has demonstrated success in encouraging her army of fans to become civilly engaged and ...

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Biden, Harris and Trump all visit Flight 93 Memorial

STONYCREEK, Pa. — One day after their first and possibly only debate, both of the candidates for president appeared at the Flight 93 memorial in Somerset County to pay respects on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris emerged from behind a black curtain at the Flight 93 National Memorial wall at around 12:35 p.m. They placed a white and red wreath at the memorial. Both were silent and did not address the crowd before walki ...

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Harris' suggestion that Poland could be next if Ukraine loses the war resonates with Poles

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Updated 12:55 PM CDT, September 11, 2024 WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Wanda Kwiatkowska eagerly read reports on Wednesday morning about the U.S. presidential debate — and they convinced her that a second Trump presidency would be a grave threat to her home of Poland and the larger region. Former President Donald Trump twice refused to directly answer a question during the debate about whether he wanted U.S. ally Ukraine to win the war. Meanwhile, Vice President ...

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Harris campaign promptly calls for another debate against Trump

(The Hill) Vice President Harris’s campaign called for another presidential debate against former President Trump, just moments after Tuesday’s event in Philadelphia ended. “Under the bright lights, the American people got to see the choice they will face this fall at the ballot box: between moving forward with Kamala Harris, or going backwards with Trump. That’s what they saw tonight and what they should see at a second debate in October,” Harris campaign Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement. She added, “Vice President Harris is ready for a second debate. Is Donald Trump?”

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Trump bashes ABC, says he's 'less inclined' to do another debate

(The Hill) Former President Trump on Wednesday railed against ABC News over its handling of his debate with Vice President Harris and signaled he may not be interested in attending another one before Election Day. Trump phoned into “Fox & Friends” the morning after the debate, where he repeatedly attacked ABC for how it fact-checked his statements compared to Harris and at one point suggested the network should have its broadcast license revoked.

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Kamala Harris Trounced Donald Trump in Debate: Flash Poll

(Newsweek) CNN conducted an instant poll following Tuesday night's presidential debate that suggested Harris won the discussion, with 63 percent pointing toward her success. The poll has a 5.4 percent margin of error, and it suggests that only 37 percent of debate watchers believed former President Donald Trump won the first—and potentially only—nominee meet-up. "This is a complete reversal from what we saw in June," CNN political director David Chalian said. "It was 67 percent to 33 percent, two-thirds thinking Trump won, only one-third thinking Biden won. A complete reversal."

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Debate Wrap Up: No One Has Ever So Thoroughly Dominated Donald Trump

(TPM) I would say the debate basically ended after the extended exchange about abortion rights. Trump’s answers were meandering, defensive and absurd, topped off by a completely needless decision to throw JD Vance under the bus. Harris I think hit every point her campaign or probably every abortion rights advocate could have wished. Again and again, through the debate she found ways to hit points he campaign would have prepped her to be ready for. It’s like what are all the possible policy or attack points we might conceivably want to make. It’s like Kamala was like emptying the cupboard. I’m going to hit every damn one. It was amazing. He actually managed to lose the exchange over the withdrawal from Afghanistan. How was that even possible?

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Taylor Swift drives more than 330,000 visitors to U.S. voter information site

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