The Serious Case for Not Panicking About Trump’s Scary New Polling
The race is too close, and Trump could win. But there's a decent argument out there holding that the pieces are in place for Kamala Harris to beat him. A perceptive data analyst explains it.
THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent · Greg Sargent
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Show Notes
On Tuesday night, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face off in their first debate. It goes without saying that the stakes are very high, as polls now show the two of them effectively tied, with perhaps a slight edge to Harris. Yet some analysts out there have made good arguments holding that the pieces really are in place for her to win this thing. We talked to Lakshya Jain of the data firm Split Ticket, who digs into what Harris has to accomplish at the debate—and why he’s cautiously optimistic that she will ultimately prevail.
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