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Recent polls conducted in the days following the ABC debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump show that Harris has received a boost in overall support. However, in key battleground states like Georgia, the race remains extremely close, with some polls even showing Trump with a slight lead.
In the video above, Straight Arrow News contributor Newt Gingrich shares his perspective on Trump making inroads into the traditionally Democratic support base among Latino and African American male voters.
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The following is an excerpt from the above video:
Now there are similar patterns in Michigan, in Wisconsin, in Georgia, North Carolina, in Nevada and Arizona. Those are the key swing states, and at the present time, they’re all very competitive. Trump tends to have a slight advantage in most of them. Goes back a little, back and forth, a little bit every week, but that’s where to look for to see what’s going to happen. And if you don’t see Vice President Harris beginning to pull away in the popular vote, you’ll know by early October that she’s going to be in significant trouble and have a very difficult time getting the Electoral College majority that she needs.
So the race is developing. I think the debate turned out not to change many opinions. They were basically about 47-47 when they went in, they came out, they were at 48-48, so could hardly be tighter than it is right now, and I think that that’s likely to continue all the way up to Election Day.
And remember, in the American system, our actual voting period is longer than the elections. In many countries, if you go to a place like France, for example, they had a three-week election, the total campaign, and then they have one day of voting period. Well, in some of our states, we start voting in mid-September.
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