Tag Archives: 2024 elections

The Hill reports: Ride-hailing service Lyft announced that it will offer discounted rideshare, bike-share and scooters on Election Day, an initiative designed to increase transportation access for voters, according to a press release. Lyft plans to offer a 50 percent discount to customers who use a certain code, which will be valid from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. in every …

The New York Times reports: After weeks of fielding phone calls, text messages and direct mail pleas to cast ballots before Election Day, Georgia voters did not waste time: Within six hours of polls opening on Tuesday, the presidential battleground state had posted record turnout for the first day of early voting. Gabriel Sterling, the chief operating officer for the …

NBC News reports: Americans are more eager to vote early than they were before the pandemic, but a deep partisan divide on early voting remains, the latest national NBC News poll shows. With not even a month to go before Election Day, 5% of registered voters said they had already cast their ballots (3% by mail and 2% in person), …

Reuters reports: Kamala Harris held a marginal 3-percentage-point lead over Donald Trump – 45% to 42% – as the two stayed locked in a tight race, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Some 78% of registered voters in the three-day poll – including 86% of Democrats and 81% of Republicans – said they were “completely certain” they would cast a ballot …

CNN reports: Kamala Harris is responding to Democratic panic about her White House prospects by turning up the heat on Donald Trump. The vice president warned Monday that the ex-president was “unstable,” “unhinged” and out for “unchecked power” as she sent a jolt of urgency though her campaign with 21 days to go. “Watch his rallies. Listen to his words. …

The Hill reports: Vice President Harris has agreed to sit for an exclusive interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, the network announced on Monday. The interview will air Thursday at 6 p.m. during the network’s evening newscast “Special Report,” and be conducted from the battleground state of Pennsylvania.. This week’s appearance marks Harris first sit-down interview on the network …

NBC News reports: Vice President Kamala Harris suggested Sunday that former President Donald Trump is trying to return to the White House without revealing vital details about his health and policy plans that voters need to make an informed choice in the election. At a raucous rally in the battleground state of North Carolina, Harris said Trump isn’t being “transparent …

NBC News reports: For the first time, the Democratic National Committee will invest in an advertising campaign dedicated entirely to LGBTQ publications in large metropolitan areas and several key battleground states. The DNC will roll out the ad campaign, worth at least $100,000, on Friday morning in 16 publications across eight states, and it is estimated to reach more than …

NBC News reports: Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign operation crossed the $1 billion fundraising threshold in September, two months after she took over as the Democratic Party’s 2024 standard bearer, according to two people familiar with the numbers. That figure includes money raised by the campaign committee itself and by a campaign-affiliated joint fundraising committee that also collects cash …

The New York Times reports: While the Times/Siena poll shows some solid advantages for Mr. Trump, the results suggest Ms. Harris is making gains, if small ones, on questions about temperament, trust and change that can be critical in a presidential race. The poll, conducted from Sept. 29 to Oct. 6 among 3,385 likely voters, found that Ms. Harris led …

Politico reports: Kamala Harris was among Barack Obama’s earliest supporters in 2008, knocking on doors and raising money to help propel him to a two-term presidency. Now, he’s returning the favor. The former president will appear Thursday at an event in the Pittsburgh area, the start of what will be part of a swing-state “blitz” through Election Day, said a …

Florida Politics reports: As debates show sharp the divide between the Republican and Democratic tickets, a recreational marijuana campaign is highlighting a key area of agreement. The Smart & Safe Florida campaign notes Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican opponent Donald Trump both favor legalizing marijuana in Florida. So do their running mates, Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim …

CBS News reports: Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — both relative newcomers to the national political spotlight — face off Tuesday in the only scheduled vice presidential debate before the November election. The debate starts at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday. It will run 90 minutes — the same length as the two presidential debates …

The New York Times reports: A preliminary check of election offices in North Carolina’s flooded west showed that offices in 14 counties were closed, with officials unsure when they would open, the State Board of Elections said late Monday. One office in Haywood County, just west of hard-hit Asheville, could not be reached. While the region is largely rural, it …

Axios reports: Mexico on Tuesday is inaugurating its first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist who is facing surging violence, a major constitutional reform and maintaining a key relationship with the U.S. Mexico is the U.S.’ top trading partner — $807 billion worth of goods were exchanged both ways last year — and it’s been a critical ally in …

From the New York Times editorial board: It is hard to imagine a candidate more unworthy to serve as president of the United States than Donald Trump. He has proved himself morally unfit for an office that asks its occupant to put the good of the nation above self-interest. He has proved himself temperamentally unfit for a role that requires …

Fox News reports: Three more Republicans are crossing the aisle to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House. Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan., former Kansas state senator and Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, and Deanell Reece Tacha, a retired federal judge, condemned the current state of the GOP in a statement shared with Fox News Digital Thursday. “This …

Bloomberg News reports: A Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll of swing states shows Harris now leading among likely voters by 7 percentage points in Nevada, 5 points in Pennsylvania, 3 points in Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin, and 2 points in North Carolina. The two are tied in Georgia. Harris’ leads in individual states are within the polls’ statistical margin of error, …

The Hill reports: Vice President Harris holds a comfortable lead in the presidential race in Virginia, according to a new poll from Emerson College/The Hill/WAVY-TV 10/WVBT FOX43. Fifty-two percent of likely Virginia voters said if the election were held today they would vote for Harris, while 44 percent said the same about Trump. Four percent said they were either undecided …

The Washington Post reports: Three Democrats have asked a state court to force Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) to take up their ethics complaints accusing three members of the State Election Board of holding an illegal meeting and overstepping their legal authority by passing rules that critics say will sow chaos and uncertainty in the presidential race. The Democrats filed …