Harris’s Hope: Getting Right Leaning Voters to Shift to the Left

Harris’s Hope: Getting Right-Leaning Voters to Shift to the Left

Democrats see a narrow opening to peel away center-right voters bothered by abortion bans and by the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Top stories - The New York Times - 11 hours ago

Harris leans into economy, abortion rights in new ads in final days of campaign

Harris' closing ads are emphasizing issues of abortion access and her economic proposals in the final full week of the 2024 presidential campaign.

Harris Aides Hopeful That Casting Trump as a Fascist Could Shift Election

While still cautious, advisers and allies believe that casting Donald Trump as a fascist is working, and that their expansive ground game and appeals on abortion rights may carry the day.

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Harris to Pennsylvania as she tries to win over Latino voters leaning for Trump

Vice President Kamala Harris is holding another event in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania. This comes as Harris' campaign moves to reach Latino voters who may be considering the economy ...

Harris and Trump lean into their faith in appeals to Christian voters in Georgia

Religious voters on both the right and the left are a powerful force in Georgia. In a race this close, they may be decisive. Two Georgia megachurches hosted presidential candidates last week, ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Harris campaign hopes to drive young voters to the polls

In her third battleground stop of the day on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in Madison, Wisconsin, focusing on young voter turnout. Polls show Harris has a 23-point advantage ...

Cook shifts Pennsylvania Senate to 'toss-up,' Nebraska to 'lean Republican'

The Cook Political Report on Monday shifted the Pennsylvania Senate race into the "toss-up" category and moved the Nebraska Senate contest from likely to "lean Republican" with just 15 days until ...

Politics - The Hill - October 21

Democrats lean into abortion with closing pitch to voters

Democrats are stepping up their warnings over abortion and reproductive rights in the home stretch of the election, hoping that an issue that has been a galvanizing one for the party can pull them ...

Politics - The Hill - October 25

Harris and Beyoncé ignite a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Trump

Kamala Harris and Beyoncé ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday

Entertainment - ABC News - October 26

Harris and Beyoncé ignite a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Trump

Kamala Harris and Beyoncé ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday

Health - ABC News - October 26

Kamala Harris hopes to win over Nikki Haley voters through Fox News interview

In the final weeks of the election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump both make media appearances in hopes of winning over undecided voters. NBC News Chief White House ...

Politics - NBC News - October 17

Lib Dems lean to the right on tax proposals ahead of Budget

Party opposes expected government moves on stamp duty and private schools that would hit many of its wealthier voters

World - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Harris leans into prosecutorial background as campaign nears end

Vice President Harris is leaning into her time as a prosecutor and her law enforcement background in the final weeks of the presidential campaign. Harris has sought to appeal to undecided voters in ...

Politics - The Hill - October 15

Harris leans on 'McCain Republicans' to close the deal in Arizona

Kamala Harris is aiming to defeat Donald Trump in battleground Arizona in the 2024 election by leaning on the John McCain Republicans who backed Joe Biden.

Harris campaign leans into her HBCU roots

Vice President Kamala Harris graduated from Howard University with her bachelor's degree in 1986.

High-profile Democrats lean into guilt in pursuit of male voters on abortion

High-profile Democrats in the home stretch of the presidential race are laying down a guilt trip on male voters: Vote for Vice President Harris and abortion rights, or you are letting down your ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

European voters – even some on far-right – want Harris victory, poll finds

YouGov survey suggests fewer are confident that Harris will win and most expect violence if Trump is not elected. Most western Europeans – and even many who vote for far-right parties – would like ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Momentum shifts against Harris in presidential race

The tides of the election are turning against Vice President Harris. During the late summer and heading into fall, Harris appeared to be the candidate with the momentum, with Democrats comparing ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

‘I don’t have much hope for a Harris presidency’: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israeli apartheid and what the media gets wrong about Palestine

One of the most penetrating critics of US racism discusses the reception to his new book and why talking about Palestine offered him a way to understand the world. Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book The ...

World - The Guardian - October 23

Germany's ailing hard-left party picks new leaders in hope of revival

World - Yahoo News - October 19

Harris campaign has yet to lean on Hillary Clinton on the trail

Less than two weeks before an election where she could make history, Kamala Harris has yet to enlist help on the campaign trail from Hillary Clinton.

12:30 Report — Harris leans into Jan. 6 in the final stretch

{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Tuesday. Election Day is ONE WEEK away!!! Harris is delivering her closing arguments in a speech on the Ellipse. Expect Jan. 6 to be a theme. Tony Hinchcliffe’s Puerto ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Harris leans on star power, Trump targets Cheney on Carlson interview

Actress Jeniffer Lopez and Mexican rock band Maná joined Vice President Kamala Harris at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, Thursday, the same day former President Donald Trump attacked former ...

Harris campaign tries to get more Black male voter support before Election Day

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is doing more for support among Black male voters. Khalil Thompson, the executive director of Win With Black Men, joins CBS News with more on the efforts.

EU’s Green Shift Under Threat as the Hit to Consumers Gets Real

World - Yahoo News - October 18

Slumping star Aaron Judge and Yankees hope to break out when World Series shifts to NY for Game 3

Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees need to start hitting if they’re going to climb back into this World Series

Sports - ABC News - 5 days ago

In New York, a constitutional amendment provides election fodder for the left and the right

Democrats pushed to get a constitutional amendment on New York’s ballot this November because they believed it could energize liberals eager to protect abortion rights

Health - ABC News - October 20

Democrats bet on abortion rights to fire up voters

Also in today’s newsletter, Trump takes a slim lead on the economy, according to our latest poll

World - Financial Times - October 24

UK's Conservatives name Kemi Badenoch as new leader, shifting the party further to the right

The U.K.'s opposition Conservative Party on Saturday named its new leader, following a long-drawn-out runoff after the Tories' landslide electoral defeat marked a moment of reckoning.

Business - CNBC - 8 hours ago

As Harris Courts Republicans, the Left Grows Wary and Alienated

The vice president’s tack to the right, support for Israel in the Gaza war and incremental policy proposals have alienated progressives and raised worries about waning liberal energy.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 25

Workers could get right to strike for a year

A government document says the mandate to take industrial action could be extended.

Democrats see hope for Harris in Trump controversies

A series of controversial statements from former President Trump and his allies in the final week of the campaign has opened the door for Democrats to potentially make gains with key voters. A ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Democrats invest in American voters abroad hoping to make the difference

The votes of overseas Americans could make the difference in tight U.S. elections, and are being courted by Democrats and Republicans alike.

James Patterson hopes to 'get people thinking' beyond 'themselves' with 'American Heroes'

James Patterson says in these politically divided times, Americans have "never needed heroes as much as they do right now.” The best-selling author is bringing readers stories of bravery in his new ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Hoping for a weight-loss pill? It could get closer to reality next week.

Viking Therapeutics Inc.’s stock rose 2% Friday as excitement continued to build about data on its oral weight-loss drug the company will present at the upcoming Obesity Week event.

Business - MarketWatch - 8 hours ago

Harris works to reach young voters

As Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign spends tens of millions of dollars across social media to reach young voters, Harris campaigned in Wisconsin Thursday, trying to convince college students ...

Harris Is Searching for Precious Swing Voters

Also, the first sickle cell gene therapy patient left the hospital. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 21

Badenoch's win and Labour's big Budget mean we now have sharper left-right divide

With the government announcing big spending and tax, the differences between the two main parties feel sharper, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

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