TODAY'S NEWS, Weekend Review, Septmber 27-30

The News of Today is the History of Tomorrow

REMINDER: Seth Keshel, Ashe Epp, and I will be broadcasting live on election night from DecisionUSA2024. Join us for honest, fair, accurate, and usually fun coverage of the election returns. We need help (Decision Desk ain't cheap) If you can sponsor or donate, go here www.decisionusaonline.com. 
 

IN POLITICAL NEWS

1) We continue to follow real data, not polls. The most intriguing thing happening right now is that blue counties in Virginia are seeing their early vote numbers crash, while the red counties continue to accelerate. For example, "strong Harris counties" are down 19% from week one, but strong Trump counties are up 23%. Likewise, "weak Trump counties" are up 20%, weak Harris counties are down 9%. This held up over the weekend with Trump supporters having a 2% advantage. It shows a significant "enthusiasm gap" with Republicans itching to turn out. The same thing is happening in Illinois, where the early voting is way down. And Pennsylvania? Republicans there have already topped their previous high water mark of November 2020 when they had 39% the request volume of the Ds. Now? Already 42.4%. Again, DemoKKKrats will always win the early vote, but to be held down this much is a stunning achievement. Oh, and DemoKKKrats are 100,000 down from this time in 2020, besides the Rs being up. Meanwhile, CNN's data guru Harry Enten says younger voters are backing away from Cackles. Then he goes on to note that Cackles is down TEN POINTS from Rutabaga with union members (I bet it's a lot more). But this was a shocker: Michigan Senate Candidate Elissa Slotkin says Cackles is "underwater" in MI. Oh really? Does that mean R Mike Rogers is ahead?

2) New polling from Atlas, the most accurate pollster in 2020, has Trump leading in every swing state except NC and NV and leading nationally by 3. It is simply impossible for Trump to win nationally by 3, win AZ, GA, PA, MI, WI, and still lose NC or NV. Meanwhile, Trafalgar has President Trump up over 2 in Pennsylvania and Atlas also has him over 2 there.. And this is the third poll to show Bernie Moreno beating Sherrod Brown in OH for the key US Senate seat there. This would be pickup #3 and would negate Susan "Tom" Collins and Lisa MurCowSki, and, along with J.D. Vance as a tie breaker, ensure genuine GOP control of the senate. Speaking of J.D., it appears Tampon Timmy is peeing his pants over debating Vance.

3) This pretty much secures North Carolina for Pr