Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* The latest national New York Times/Siena College poll found Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump, 49% to 46%. A report on the data noted, “The finding is the first time Ms. Harris has led Mr. Trump in the Times/Siena poll since July, when President Biden dropped out of the race and Democrats rallied behind Ms. Harris as his replacement.” (Click the link for additional information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* The news was far better for the Republican nominee in Florida, where the latest New York Times/Siena College poll found the former president crushing the vice president, 55% to 41%, in a state that used to be considered a battleground in the not-too-distant past. (Click the link for additional information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* In Texas, meanwhile, the latest New York Times/Siena College poll showed Trump leading the Democratic nominee by a more modest margin, 50% to 44%. (Click the link for additional information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* Michigan remains one of the nation’s most important battleground states, the latest Detroit News/WDIV-TV poll found Harris with a 3-point advantage over her GOP rival, 47% to 44%. (Click the link for additional information on the survey’s methodology and margins of error.)
* CBS News’ “60 Minutes” aired an interview with Harris in prime time, but it also explained, in rather brutal detail, why it intended to also interview Trump and why the former president backed out.
* In Pennsylvania’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, Republican Dave McCormick tried to do some campaigning over the weekend in North Philadelphia. It really didn’t go well.
* NBC News reported that a group of imams endorsed Harris “in an open letter shared first with NBC News on Sunday, a critical boost as she steps up her efforts to win back disaffected Muslim voters amid the Israel-Hamas war.”
* And while there’s considerable and understandable interest in the presidential race, the fine folks at Bolts put together a rather extraordinary “cheat sheet” to the 2024 cycle, pointing to 520 elections, up and down the ballot, and fleshing out their significance.
