CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten cautioned on Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris’s polling averages in the Great Lakes region are significantly lower than those of previous Democratic nominees in the 2016 and 2020 elections. Harris’s averages in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin have dropped from 2-point advantages in September to just 1-point leads, which is considerably lower than President Joe Biden and former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s 8-point leads in those states on October 14 of 2016 and 2020.
On The Lead with Jake Tapper, Enten pointed out that Clinton lost those states while Biden won them by narrow margins. “I have never seen such consistently tight polling such as this across the battleground states in all the time I have been looking and covering politics … I think this is what gives Democrats agita because yeah, it looks like Harris is slightly ahead, though well within the margin of error, but compared to where we were 4 years ago and 8 years ago, at this point Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, an average across all three,” Enten said. “Right now, you got Harris by 1 point above average of the three, but Joe Biden was up by 8, Hillary Clinton was up by 8.”
“I don’t have to tell you that Hillary Clinton lost all three of these states. Joe Biden barely won all three of these states,” Enten continued. “So I think the question that Democrats have to ask themselves at this particular point is can Harris actually hold on given that Joe Biden barely did and Hillary Clinton did not across these three states?” Enten continued.
A FiveThirtyEight poll found Biden leading Trump by 8.4 points in Wisconsin on November 3, 2020, yet he ultimately won the state by a narrow margin of 49.6% to 48.9% on election night. Similarly, Biden secured Michigan by 3 points in 2020, despite polls suggesting he had a nearly 8-point advantage, according to another FiveThirtyEight poll. In Pennsylvania, Biden also triumphed in 2020 with a vote of 50% to 48.8%, while a FiveThirtyEight poll indicated he led the then-president by almost 5 points. Enten noted that if Trump outperforms in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan by just 1 point, he will secure 312 electoral votes.
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“We, 15 recipients of the Medal of Honor, having served this great nation in wars, support and endorse Donald J. Trump for President of the United States,” they wrote. The recipients include those who have served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam, Fox News reported.
“We believe that American citizenship is a revered privilege. We believe that a patriotic nation is a strong nation. We believe that the sacrifices by the men and women in our armed forces preserves and protects American freedom,” they wrote. “We believe that the integrity of our institutions is fundamental to the trust placed in them. We believe in the commitment to the United States Constitution and our solemn oaths to protect it. We believe valor is great fortitude when faced with profound adversity. We believe in the devoted pledge of allegiance to the United States of America. We believe that American veterans should be celebrated and supported by our nation. We believe that our nation must have borders secure from our enemies.”
The recipients also said they believe in “protecting the right for all citizens to participate in free and fair elections.” Also, in what appeared to be a swipe at Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the recipients said they believe that “fabricating military service is beneath the dignity of a veteran and demeaning to those who have served honorably in the Armed Forces.”
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