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Date: October 25, 2024 at 18:05:41
From: old timer, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Harris and Trump remain in a locked race and are tied heading into the

URL: Harris and Trump remain in a locked race and are tied heading into the final stretch


CNN Poll: Harris and Trump remain in a locked race and are tied heading
into the final stretch

By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN
Updated 12:52 PM EDT, Fri October 25, 2024

03:44 - Source: CNN
David Chalian breaks down results in CNN's final Trump-Harris poll
CNN

The race for the White House rests on a razor’s edge in the final
nationwide CNN poll before votes are counted. The poll, conducted by
SSRS, finds 47% of likely voters support Vice President Kamala Harris and
an equal 47% support former President Donald Trump.

CNN polling has found a tight race throughout the short campaign
between Harris and Trump. In September, likely voters split 48% for
Harris and 47% for Trump, nearly identical to the new poll, and a poll just
after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race over the summer and
threw his support behind Harris found 49% of registered voters behind
Trump, with 46% backing Harris.

View this interactive content on CNN.com
Trump has never trailed outside the margin of error in CNN’s polling on
this year’s presidential contest against either Harris or Biden, a stark
departure from his previous two runs for the presidency.


The race has been remarkably stable throughout this tumultuous political
year. The poll finds that 85% of likely voters who’ve made a choice say
they knew which party they would support in the presidential election all
along, and just 15% say they changed their minds along the way. As of
now, even more than that are fully locked in: A scant 2% of all likely voters
say they haven’t yet chosen a candidate, and another 9% say that they
could change their minds before casting a ballot.

Those voters who say their choices are locked in now split 50% Harris to
49% Trump, with just 1% supporting other candidates. Those who could
change tilt toward Trump and are much more likely than decided voters to
be backers of minor-party and independent candidates (38% support
Trump, 31% Harris, 30% someone else). They are also much less
motivated to vote than those who’ve made a decision. While 70% of likely
voters who say their minds are made up say they are “extremely
motivated” to vote, that drops to just 27% among those who could change
their minds.

Harris has likely banked more votes than Trump so far, given Democrats’
higher propensity to vote early or by mail, according to the poll. The poll
was fielded October 20-23, after early and absentee voting was well
underway across the country, and found the 20% of likely voters who say
they have already cast their ballots break 61% Harris to 36% Trump, while
those who say they haven’t yet voted break in Trump’s favor, 50% to 44%.

The nation’s mood
The final days of the campaign find the country’s registered voters deeply
negative about both Biden’s presidency and the way things are going in
the nation more generally. About half, 49%, say they are worse off
financially now than they were a year ago, while just 16% say their
financial position has improved in the last 12 months. That’s worse than at
the start of this year, when 41% said they were worse off and 22% felt
better off. Just 32% say things in the US are going well today, down from
38% who felt that way in January. This was the lowest share to say so in
the final CNN poll before a presidential election since 2008, when
dissatisfaction with the burgeoning economic crisis and lingering Iraq war
catapulted Barack Obama to the presidency.

Biden’s approval rating in the new poll among registered voters is deeply
underwater (36% approve and 64% disapprove). The vice president holds
support from 19% of likely voters who say they disapprove of the way
Biden is handling the presidency. Past vice presidents making a run for
the top job have not typically fared that well among voters who
disapproved of their boss: George H.W. Bush carried just 11% of those
who disapproved of Ronald Reagan in the 1988 exit poll, and Al Gore won
only 9% of voters who disapproved of Bill Clinton’s work in 2000.

Assessing the candidates
Registered voters’ views of both Harris (41% favorable to 52%
unfavorable) and Trump (41% favorable to 54% unfavorable) break
negative. Trump’s ratings are nearly identical to what they were in
September, while Harris’ have become slightly more negative (down 4
points on favorability). The vice presidential candidates, JD Vance and
Tim Walz, remain less well-known than their running mates, with views of
Walz splitting evenly (34% favorable and 34% unfavorable) and views of
Vance breaking negatively (33% favorable to 43% unfavorable).

While most Harris voters say their vote is more for her (54%) than against
Trump (45%), the share who say they’re voting mainly against Trump has
grown 5 points since September, perhaps reflecting Harris’ own recent
focus on a more vocally anti-Trump message. Trump’s supporters,
meanwhile, remain widely likely to say their vote is to express support for
him (73%) over opposition to Harris (27%).

More likely voters say Harris rather than Trump cares about people like
them (43% Harris to 37% Trump), is honest and trustworthy (41% Harris
to 29% Trump), and will put the country’s interests above their own (45%
Harris to 39% Trump). Trump holds the edge on bringing the kind of
change the country needs (44% Trump to 38% Harris) and on sharing
voters’ vision for the country (43% Trump to 39% Harris).

View this interactive content on CNN.com
Across each of those attributes though, 16% or more of likely voters say
neither candidate fits the bill. Most notably, 29% say neither candidate is
honest and trustworthy and 19% say neither cares about people like them.
The nearly 3 in 10 who see neither candidate as honest and trustworthy
break by a wide margin for Trump: 58% support him, 25% Harris. Harris,
meanwhile, holds a wide edge among voters who think that neither can
bring the kind of change the country needs (52% Harris to 23% Trump) or
who say neither shares their vision for the country (50% Harris to 27%
Trump).

Likely voters are largely put off by Trump’s demeanor and temperament
(56% say it’s a reason to vote against him). About half say the same about
his criminal conviction and the criminal charges he faces (51%) and about
his pledge to go after his enemies if elected president (50%). More see
his level of physical and mental ability as a reason to vote against him
(46%) than for him (35%), a negative shift relative to perceptions of his
abilities when he was running against Biden. And likely voters divide over
whether his record as president is a positive (45%) or a negative (43%).
His record as a businessman is seen as somewhat more of a plus, though
(42% see it as a reason to vote for him, 39% against him).


Among Trump’s own supporters, relatively few see his demeanor or
pledge to pursue his enemies as a reason to oppose him, and about half of
his base see these elements as a positive part of his appeal.

Harris’ demeanor and temperament (45% a reason to vote for, 34%
against) and mental and physical abilities (49% reason to vote for, 27%
against) are more clearly positives for likely voters. Her record as vice
president is more often seen as negative than positive (46% say it’s a
reason to vote against her, 26% for her), and her record as a prosecutor
produces a split reaction (33% for, 32% against, 35% doesn’t matter).

Few say that Harris’ potential to be the first female president should be a
factor in the election (65% say it doesn’t make a difference either way).
Those that do are more likely to see it as a positive (24%) than a negative
(11%). Women are more likely than men to say it’s a reason to vote for her
(29% vs. 20%), with an especially large divide among her own supporters
(52% of female Harris supporters say it’s a reason to vote for her vs. 39%
of her male supporters).

The dynamic between the two candidates on top issues remains roughly
where it was last month. Trump maintains broad leads among likely voters
as more trusted to handle the economy (50% say they trust Trump more,
37% Harris) and immigration (50% Trump to 34% Harris), with a narrower
edge for handling foreign policy (48% Trump to 38% Harris). Harris holds
a wide advantage on handling abortion and reproductive rights (52%
Harris to 31% Trump) and a smaller one on protecting democracy (45%
Harris to 41% Trump).

Looking at how decisive two of those issues might be for voters, the
survey suggests a small issue advantage for Harris: 31% of registered
voters say they would only vote for a candidate who shares their view on
abortion, up from 24% who said the same in April. Fewer in the new poll,
26%, see a candidate’s views on immigration the same way.

Vote among key groups
Harris has a narrow edge with independents (45% Harris to 41% Trump),
and both candidates carry more than 90% of their own partisans (93% of
Democrats back Harris, 92% of Republicans favor Trump).

Harris holds the advantage over Trump among women (50% Harris to
44% Trump), younger voters (51% Harris to 41% Trump among voters
younger than 35), and voters of color, including Black likely voters (79%
Harris to 13% Trump) and Hispanic likely voters (54% Harris to 37%
Trump). Suburban voters break in Harris’ direction (52% Harris to 44%
Trump), with her edge there fueled largely by suburban women, who
break 55% Harris to 41% Trump; suburban men split almost evenly.

Trump, meanwhile, has a lead with men (51% Trump to 45% Harris), White
likely voters (55% Trump to 41% Harris), rural voters (64% Trump to 31%
Harris) and those who say they did not cast a ballot in 2020 (50% Trump
to 40% Harris).

There is little gender gap among White likely voters, with White men
breaking for Trump by 17 points and White women by 13 points. Among
likely voters of color, though, while both genders broadly split in Harris’
favor, women do so by a wider margin. Harris runs 46 points ahead of
Trump with women of color, while she is up 27 points among men of color.
White voters also continue to divide sharply by education, with White
likely voters who do not have a college degree supporting Trump 62% to
34%, while those who do have a four-year degree split almost evenly,
50% Harris to 46% Trump.

The survey finds no clear leader on a generic congressional ballot, with
48% of likely voters saying they prefer the Republican candidate in their
congressional district to 45% who would vote for the Democrat.

The CNN Poll was conducted by SSRS online and by telephone October
20-23, 2024, among 1,704 registered voters nationwide drawn from a
probability-based panel. Likely voters include all registered voters in the
poll weighted for their predicted likelihood of voting in this year’s
election. Results for the full sample of registered voters have a margin of
sampling error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points; it is 3.1 for likely
voters, and larger for subgroups.


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443233


Date: October 26, 2024 at 07:24:28
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Harris and Trump remain in a locked race and are tied heading...(NT)


(NT)


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Date: October 26, 2024 at 03:58:30
From: chaskuchar@stcharlesmo, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Harris and Trump remain in a locked race and are tied heading...


we are screwed whichever one wins. God will pick the
one who is best for us.


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Date: October 26, 2024 at 10:19:33
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Harris and Trump remain in a locked race and are tied heading...


So I'm curious, charlie...(though I realize you probably
won't answer me): You're saying "God will pick the one who
is best for us"? So...if Harris wins...who allows
abortion...will you then acknowledge that God must not have
such a serious issue with abortion, as you've claimed, as
you'd imagined He did?

Or will that translate to you that the election was somehow
interfered with? That God wouldn't allow such a thing?

Or will that mean, to you, that Satan won the election?

Inquiring minds would like to know... ;)


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443254


Date: October 26, 2024 at 18:25:45
From: chaskuchar@stcharlesmo, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Harris and Trump remain in a locked race and are tied heading...


i just live with which one will get the most votes. God
will protect me through the trial. both have their
problems. live with them.


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Date: October 25, 2024 at 19:36:02
From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Harris and Trump remain in a locked race and are tied heading...


Yep, NY Times puts it at 48 apiece.

So even Steven, what do you say OT?

One candidate offers hope for the future, the other grievances of the past.
One speaks to the heart, the other fear. One's white, the other of color.
One's a man the other a woman. One wants to liberate, the other incarcerate.

Seems kinda cosmic, sorta like how the moon blocks out the sun, perfectly,
during an eclipse.. don't you think?

Here we are, everyone's gotta lay it down, state their intent, which side of
that line are you gonna add your weight?

So, what do you think OT? How are the chips gonna fall?


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Date: October 25, 2024 at 19:57:45
From: old timer, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Harris and Trump remain in a locked race and are tied heading...


as i said a year ago, before the primaries, before biden was pushed out
and replaced, this is going to be a close race. and days before the election
it is still too close to call. trump has the momentum since he was
significantly trailing just a couple of weeks ago. still my only prediction is
that we won’t know until sometime wednesday or even as late as
thursday. it’s just that close


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Date: October 26, 2024 at 09:02:05
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Harris and Trump...time for a little levity...

URL: https://elephantguide.com/en/every-fact-about-elephant-poo/


Trump is truly a Republican ...

" Bull Elephants produce up to 100 kg of bull crap each
day. The average elephant will produce this by taking a
poop 8-10 times per day. That’s a lot of poop, and it
can tell us a lot about an elephant’s health and diet.
Scientists even study elephant poo to learn about the
animals’ behavior and social interactions..."

And you, probably one of the dung beetles that love to
roll and push the Elephant bull crap:

"..Dung beetles also love elephant crap too! These
little critters can roll a piece of elephant dung up to
20 times their body weight. They use the dung as food
and as a place to lay their eggs..."
(small bit of artistic edits made lol)


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Date: October 26, 2024 at 09:41:17
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Harris and Trump...time for a little levity...


Heyyyyy now...lololol...not sure I'm liking this, I really
love elephants... ;D ;D ;D


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Date: October 26, 2024 at 05:14:37
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: or loses(NT)


(NT)


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Date: October 26, 2024 at 05:13:36
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Trump said he won't accept the results if he looses

URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/what-could-happen-if-trump-rejects-us-election-results-2024-10-16/


"“If I lose - I’ll tell you what, it’s possible. Because they cheat. That’s the only
way we’re gonna lose, because they cheat," Trump said at a Michigan rally in
September."


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