The Teamsters have always been the one big union to support the GOP. Don’t ask me why.
FWIW I get not wanting to vote for what you consider the lesser of evils. That said I think those who actually care about the issue will end up voting for the option that is even just less bad from their perspective when the time comes.
The point of the cite though was that just calling for a ceasefire was enough to win them back in that poll. Something Harris has done. And the actual worst case numbers if they actually stayed home at disgust with Biden inaction levels with zero improvement. It seems doubtful to me that shutting down chanting against you at your rally is going to be the item that makes that go from zero to the full number.
These days it kind of goes like this: Dems want electric vehicles. Electric vehicles are precursors to self driving vehicles. Self driving vehicles equals no Teamsters. Also, mostly men who spend a lot of time listening to talk radio.
Some definitely will. But there are a lot who will vote for the worse one with the belief (hope) it will send a message and force a reckoning that leads to better outcomes in the future.*
In my bubble of progressives, it’s almost exclusively the under 30s who feel this way, Arab or not. The admittedly small number of older Arabs I know will vote for the lesser of the evils.
* I don’t want to debate if this belief is valid or realistic here. That’s a topic for a different thread.
I get that. That talk happens most cycles. And my impression is that the group that makes that talk end up behaving the same way each time: if they are voters they still vote; if they are not voters they use that as their reason to not vote that time.
Harris has picked up an endorsement from the League of United Latin American Citizens. Apparently they’re not in the habit of endorsing candidates.
There will be no such future if trump wins.
The model now shows Harris winning 53.8% of the model runs. The increase is because NV polls got a lot more blue.
This ad is running locally:
Fixing the Border is Tough. So is Kamala Harris
Progressives may not like it, but it tells me her team is serious about winning an election (rather than just pleasing those already committed to voting for her). The strategy of the ad is consistent with this:
After reading the second link in my last post more carefully, I have to correct my statement that “the strategy of the ad is consistent” with that link. While the link generally supports running ads defining Harris as mainstream, it also can be interpreted as saying Harris should NOT run ads regarding immigration.
Harris had Palestinian protestors again today, and addressed them more directly this time.
Your link didn’t work for me.
Nor me.
This link should work:
Oh, FFS, I didn’t notice. My apologies. Here.
ETA: Yep, thanks, hajario.
Cross tabs of new NYT Sienna poll showing Harris ahead in MI WI and PA.
With RFK in Harris is up by 1 in MI l, 2 in PA, 7 in WI.
Main article reports the two way numbers only:
Throw into the stew but nice to have new swing state data.
Great to finally have some fresh state polls. Even better that the news is good. Hopefully she can increase those leads and add more states.
In Arizona, Trump is only up by 1 in the latest poll.
Those polls are encouraging as Harris seems to be able to push for support in many states. I don’t know about polling to share anything but am so thrilled that things are moving for her!
In the For What It’s Worth department, Harris is now a slight betting favorite to win the election, according to the online sites that accept wagering on politics.
Betting on politics, of course, isn’t permitted at US-based sportsbooks.
That was beautifully done. A call for respecting multiple opinions; and a call for a ceasefire – combined with a call for release of all the hostages, as one deal. And “now is the time” – with an implication that months ago maybe wasn’t the time. And then the pivot to, in effect, ‘shut up so we can talk about something else.’
If the October (or late August or September) surprise turns out to be that the Biden administration does manage to help pull off a ceasefire for at least long enough to last till after election day – we might get that landslide after all. Plus which, a whole shitload of lives might be saved.