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The Great Day
God save America
On November 5, 2024, millions of Americans will go to the polls to choose between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump for president of the United States. The two candidates have offered starkly different visions for the nation’s future. Today Trump and Harris are making their final pitch to voters in an American election race that has seen assassination attempts and President Joe Biden stepping aside as a candidate.
According to the latest data, Harris holds a one-point lead over her Republican opponent nationally, 48% to 47%, virtually identical to last week. Such a lead is well within the margin of error of most polls. The battleground states also remain in a dead heat.
But in a fractured political landscape that has seen threats of retaliation from Trump, accusations of “fascism” and “racism” from Harris, and warnings that democracy itself is on the ballot, the bigger picture — this uniformity, over an extended period of time — has seasoned observers scratching their heads.
The latest polls come on the heels of unprecedented early voting in several states, with more than 80 million Americans casting ballots as of Monday. Ultimately, with everything hanging in the balance, it will come down to election day.