The Republican nominee bet his campaign on an untested get-out-the-vote strategy with an inexperienced crew
Bill Scher
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Historic Gender Gap? Maybe. Maybe Not.
Plus, the records of the two presidential candidates on immigration and voting rights, all in the October 31, 2024 newsletter.
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Trump Won’t Tell You How He Takes Aim at Legal Immigration
Trump failed once to implement his mass deportation plans for illegal migrants and did more as president to curtail legal immigration. By contrast, with a cooperative Congress, Harris can quickly pass the bipartisan border security bill.
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Kamala Harris Would Get More Done Than Donald Trump
Plus, how the candidates differ on democracy, reproductive rights, and health care, in the October 29, 2024 newsletter.
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Harris Should Go High (And Walz Should Go Low)
Plus, three unknown data points about the presidential elections, why it’s constitutional for Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, and Week 8 of the Gender Gap Tracker — all in the October 24, 2024 newsletter.
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Three Unknown Data Points That Will Decide the Election
We don’t know the rate at which Republicans and Democrats will defect, how independents will break, or how early voting patterns will change
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Trump Wants a Regressive Tariff System to Replace the Progressive Income Tax
Plus, debunking the myth of noncitizen voters, and assessing whether multicultural democracy can survive in America — all in the October 22, 2024 newsletter.
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The “Gender Gap” Story So Far is Harris’s Resilience with Men
Plus, why Trump is avoiding mainstream media, why Democrats should give the Green Party nominee the silent treatment, and the Week 7 Gender Gap Tracker — all in the October 17, 2024 newsletter.
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Hey, Democrats: Ignore Green Party Presidential Candidate J**l St**n
The perennial third-party presidential aspirant can’t be a spoiler if voters don’t know she exists
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Trump is Now the Candidate Who Insults Voters as Deplorable
Plus, Project 2025’s attack on higher education … and how California State universities are a launchpad to the middle class, all in the October 15, 2024 newsletter.
