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☆ What to watch for on Election Day as Harris and Trump face off
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Pre-election polling showed her race against former President Donald Trump could be the closest in history. Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Gov. Montana: Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, is facing an even tougher challenge in Montana, a state Trump carried by over 16 points in 2020. AdvertisementCalifornia 22nd: Rep. David Valadao is one of 18 House Republicans representing a district President Biden won in 2020. Valadao is also one of the only two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the January 6 Capitol riot.

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☆ Jeff Yass is making a big final splash to help former hedge funder Dave McCormick's Senate campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former hedge funder David McCormick has narrowed the gap in a closely watched US Senate race. McCormick's Wall Street allies are among the biggest donors to a pro-McCormick super PAC. Jeff Yass is among the big names making a final splash before Election Day. According to a pro-McCormick super PAC's final pre-election filing, Yass donated $1 million over the course of two donations earlier this month. He's not the biggest megadonor with Wall Street ties.

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☆ Prospects of a Trump win and huge tariffs spark worst sell-off for emerging market stocks in 10 months
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Kelly Cloonan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The slump comes as investors price in higher odds of a Trump win in the upcoming US election. Emerging market stocks are headed for their worst monthly decline since January, with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index falling for a fourth day on Thursday for a 3.1% decline this month. A select few EM stocks have taken the biggest hits, with Samsung, Alibaba, Tencent, and Meituan accounting for more than half of the index's fall. "There has been a significant change in investor sentiment, and investors' risk budgets have likely been changing as a function of that." Investors are also expressing disappointment in China's stimulus measures, which initially fueled a rally in EM stocks last month.

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☆ We are 15 days from the 2024 presidential election. Here's where things stand.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The presidential race remains razor close, with control of the White House at a coin-flip. AdvertisementIn just over two weeks, Election Day 2024 will be here — a final cap to a wild, at times unprecedented presidential fight that, for the moment, remains far too close to call. Noted election forecaster Nate Silver's model now shows Trump with an extremely slight lead in what continues to remain a toss-up race. Harris trolled Trump on Friday for being "exhausted," referencing a string of interviews he has reportedly walked away from. In the overwhelmingly conservative state, there's a swing district, the Omaha-based Nebraska 2nd.

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☆ Why small stocks are 'ripe' for gains ahead of the November election, according to Cantor Fitzgerald
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Kelly Cloonan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Small stocks historically see big upward moves near presidential elections, Cantor Fitzgerald says. AdvertisementSmall-cap stocks are set for a catch-up amid a confluence of perfectly aligned factors ahead of the presidential election, Cantor Fitzgerald says. Johnston also forecasts increasingly higher odds of a Trump win, which would benefit small stocks even more. Those factors would increase investors' confidence and encourage more rotation into riskier, underperforming small stocks. AdvertisementJohnston's comments come as others have warned of uncertainty looming over markets ahead of the upcoming presidential election.

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Multiple Secret Service officials have been put on leave for their actions leading up to and responding to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a source familiar with the decisions told NBC News. Those put on leave include the Secret Service’s special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh field office, whose office was responsible for coordinating the security plan with local law enforcement leading up to the rally. The source familiar with the decisions did not confirm the exact number of officials on leave and said the number may continue to grow as an internal investigation into the assassination attempt continues. RealClearPolitics was first to report that Secret Service personnel had been placed on leave. He is head of the FBI’s field office in Pittsburgh, not the Secret Service’s.

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☆ Democratic megadonor Ron Conway took his concerns about Biden directly to Pelosi
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Venture capitalist and Democratic megadonor Ron Conway has spoken directly with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance, according to three people familiar with the matter. Representatives for both Pelosi and Conway did not deny that the California Democrat and unofficial dean of the House Democratic caucus had spoken to Conway about Biden. "Like many others, since the debate Ron has had many conversations with Democratic party leaders and other major donors about the best path forward for victory. He's given over $400,000 to the Biden Victory Fund throughout the 2024 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission records. Conway gave over $200,000 to the Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund during the 2022 congressional midterm elections, according to OpenSecrets.

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☆ Trump's cementing his lead after Biden's debate disaster
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He was already in a difficult spot before his debate with former President Donald Trump. I think Biden has work to do, but I think he can do it," former White House communications director Kate Bedingfield wrote on X in a series of posts. Biden's dismal approval rating of approximately 38% has remains below the roughly 48% threshold incumbents have needed to win reelection. Biden's worst 2020 position was a four point lead over Trump, according to CNN. Their belief is that Trump's campaign will rue its decision to opt against an extensive on-the-ground presence in the key battleground states.

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☆ 'No one is picking up the phone': Joe Biden's fundraising confronts new hurdles after debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., June 20, 2024. Amanda Andrade-rhoades | ReutersPresident Joe Biden's fundraising operation started showing cracks in its once formidable armor, almost 10 days after his disastrous presidential debate performance. Some of Biden's campaign bundlers have stopped making calls to potential donors since the June 27 debate, according to people familiar with the matter. "No one is picking up the phone," said a well-connected Democratic fundraiser, who raises money for Biden and the Democratic Party. watch nowA Biden campaign spokesman did not return a request for comment.

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☆ Biden's path to victory is much narrower following his debate disaster with states like New Mexico and Virginia suddenly in play for Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Under the University of Virginia Center for Politics' current projections, there are five true toss-up states: Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada. The reality is that if Biden is stuck playing defense in states Democrats usually win, Trump's return to the White House will be a foregone conclusion. The only question then will be how many Electoral College votes would the former president win. "If Biden's position gets worse, that's when you see maybe a Virginia or New Mexico get in play," Kondik said. Virginia, New Hampshire, New Mexico, or Minnesota are not going to be the states that put Trump over 270.

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☆ Biden needs his high-stakes debate gamble to pay off, even if it won't upend the race
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

President Joe Biden needs his debate gamble to pay off. Biden, who's viewed his life as one shaped by fate, decided to upend his reelection campaign by scheduling the earliest major presidential debate ever. Related storiesThe Times reported that Biden's team hopes the debate will jolt Americans into paying more attention to the race. PRESIDENT TRUMP: I've been preparing for this debate for my whole life. pic.twitter.com/nV3kQXGg3u — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 26, 2024Americans aren't surrounded by the crush of Trump news like they once were.

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☆ Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz shares the playbook he thinks Trump will use to stay in power if he wins a second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

If former President Donald Trump wins a second term in the November election, expect him to try to stay in power beyond his allotted four years, says Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Right now, a second Trump term is a real possibility. AdvertisementInstead, Trump is more likely to declare a state of emergency, Stiglitz said, in an attempt to delay or cancel elections. The executive branch has no power to move the date of elections, according to the National Constitution Center. AdvertisementChanging an election date via Congress would need the approval of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the two chambers would have to come up with a new election date, per the National Constitution Center.

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☆ Polls Missing US Economy's Strength Will Make the Next Recession Worse
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( George Pearkes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

By underweighting the experience of certain groups — especially lower-income or frontline workers — policymakers could learn the wrong lessons from the post-pandemic economy. The Great DivergenceIf you ask Americans how the economy is doing, the general sentiment can be summed up in one word: bad. Similarly, the Conference Board's consumer confidence data isn't quite at its post-Great Recession lows, but it's far below its 2017-19 average. The ASEC data uses a very large sample to provide the best possible insight into households' economic well-being, with more than 75,000 households participating. Similarly, the focus on the prospect of a recession soared, even outdoing the period in 2020 when the economy was actually in a recession.

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Trump, according to aggregates of national opinion polls, holds about a 50-percentage-point lead over her, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis also in the mix. Trump also has large leads in early Republican nominating states such as Iowa and New Hampshire. The polls show her tied with DeSantis in Iowa and surpassing him in New Hampshire. Should Haley's rise continue, she would likely face a full onslaught of attacks from the Trump campaign, pro-Trump social media influencers, and related super PAC spending groups. A Trump spokesperson did not respond to questions about whether the campaign would soon turn its attention to Haley.

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☆ Josh Hawley’s Unoriginal Constitution
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: Pressure mounts on the Jewish state to 'pause.' Images: AP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellySince the Supreme Court unleashed independent political spending in 2010’s Citizens United v. FEC, progressives have forecast the ruin of American politics by corporate spending. More than a decade on, elections are competitive and no doom has come to pass, but the same false alarm is now making the rounds on the political right. Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has introduced legislation to reverse Citizens United as a way to punish corporations whose progressive politics he dislikes. He told RealClearPolitics that his “goal is to get corporate money out of our politics,” and to stop companies from “controlling our elections.”

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☆ Voters' grim economic outlook helps boost Trump in new battleground poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The margins were between 4 and 10 percentage points, with a survey sampling error of between 4.4 and 4.8 points per state. The only state where voters said they would choose Biden over Trump was Wisconsin, where the president led the Republican front-runner by 2 points, within the margin of error. During the 2020 election, Biden won all six of these battleground states, albeit some by very slim margins. These issues will be top of mind for voters next year; 57% of respondents said economic issues would be the most important factor in their vote. The survey points to troubling signs ahead for the Biden reelection campaign.

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Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during The World Values Network's Presidential Candidate Series that discusses fighting antisemitism and championing Israel, in New York City, U.S., July 25, 2023. Kennedy's deep-pocketed backers and famous name, combined with a lack of broad enthusiasm for Biden and Trump, could help him take votes from their respective sides. "It could certainly siphon some votes from Trump, but it will certainly hurt Biden much more," said Republican strategist Ford O'Connell, who argued that Trump voters were more enthusiastic than Biden's. HIGH FAVORABILITY, TRUMP DONORKennedy has higher favorability ratings than either Trump or Biden, Reuters/Ipsos polling from September shows, with 51% of respondents having a favorable view of him compared to 45% for Biden and 40% for Trump. At 69, Kennedy might have an appeal to Americans looking for a younger candidate than Biden, 80, and Trump, 77.

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☆ Trump says Chris Christie 'is eating right now' and tells audience not to call the former governor a 'fat pig'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump then told the audience not to call Christie a "fat pig." "Christie, he's eating right now, he can't be bothered," Trump remarked during a lengthy commentary about the state of polling in the 2024 presidential campaign so far. He then admonished members of the audience not to call Christie a "fat pig" — though it was unclear if anyone had. "Sir, please do not call him a fat pig," said Trump, pointing towards the audience in Windham. A spokesperson for Christie's presidential campaign did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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☆ Chris Christie Prosecutes the Political Case Against Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Kyle Peterson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Images: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters/AP Composite: Mark KellyChris Christie has a theory for how to defeat Donald Trump: Attack him. If that sounds like something out of “Elections for Dummies,” it remains mostly untested in the 2024 Republican contest, which Mr. Trump leads with 53% support, according to Friday’s RealClearPolitics average. “Nobody else in this race is willing to take him on,” Mr. Christie says. “They all are either playing for a position in a potential Trump cabinet, or they just don’t have the ability to do it. And there’s no way to beat this guy unless you beat him.”

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☆ Trump should end his campaign and drop out now, says at least one GOP presidential candidate
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Jake Swearingen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

GOP presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson, however, called on Trump to drop out of the race. The indictment shows the need for Trump to "end his campaign" said Hutchinson in a press release. While Donald Trump is entitled to the presumption of innocence, the ongoing criminal proceedings will be a major distraction. With the indictment, Trump became the first current or former president in American history to face federal criminal charges. Hutchinson is the first — and so far only — Republican candidate to call for Trump to end his campaign in light of the indictment.

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☆ Mike Pence launches his 2024 GOP presidential bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Jonathan Allen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Former US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a meet and greet event hosted by the Polk County Republicans in Des Moines, Iowa, US, on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Photographer: Rachel Mummey/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesDES MOINES, Iowa — Former Vice President Mike Pence, who certified the 2020 election results under threat from supporters of then-President Donald Trump, kicked off a bid for the Oval Office on Wednesday. Turning more squarely toward the oft-spiteful Trump, Pence adds, "Today, our party and our country need a leader that will appeal, as Lincoln said, to the better angels of our nature." Some in the crowd, angry over his refusal to block the certification of the 2020 defeat of the Trump-Pence ticket, chanted, "Hang Mike Pence!" "Mike Pence is a true conservative and a great public servant," said Dan Eberhart, a GOP donor who backs DeSantis.

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☆ Mike Pence just officially filed to run for president in 2024, challenging Trump after dramatic January 6 fallout
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Former Vice President Mike Pence is runnning for president. Pence was loyal to Trump during most of his presidency, but stood up to him on January 6. By entering the race, Pence will officially challenge former President Donald Trump — a man he publicly stood by throughout his presidency, right up until Trump pressured him to subvert Joe Biden's 2020 election win. DeSantis has criticized Trump's response to the pandemic, though Trump handed the reins of the response to Pence during his tenure. Pence was deeply involved in the Trump administration, with his fingerprints especially visible on healthcare policy and on defending religious groups.

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☆ Chris Christie, Mike Pence, and Doug Burgum are all about to enter the GOP primary — and that's excellent news for Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Jake Swearingen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The primary is likely a contest between Trump supporters and those who want an alternative. And GOP primary voters know Trump's "brand." The GOP primary base appears to split into two even camps: Trump supporters and those looking for an alternative. Primary contenders not named Donald Trump will likely be fighting over the same group of moderate GOP supporters. As Michael Tesler of FiveThirtyEight points out, Trump now commands a majority of "very conservative" primary voters, despite losing those voters in 2016.

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☆ Pro-DeSantis super PAC ad used Trump-era footage of migrants climbing a border fence to target Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis for president appeared to be targeting President Joe Biden in an ad. Ron DeSantis for president used a Trump-era video clip of migrants crossing a border fence in an ad that appeared to be targeting President Joe Biden. A screenshot from a pro-DeSantis super PAC's ad, showing migrants climbing a border fence. Screenshot of an Associated Press video from 2018 used in an ad by a pro-DeSantis super PAC that appears to be targeting Biden. DeSantis' and the super PAC were cited in a new complaint by the nonpartisan watchdog group Campaign Legal Center to the Federal Election Commission.

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☆ Opinion | A Peek Behind the MAGA Curtain
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It is President Biden, not Trump, who mishandles classified documents. False narratives are often sustained by a few kernels of truth, and so it is in MAGA America. Moreover, not all of Trump’s opponents possess the cleanest of hands. Given these facts — and Thursday night’s peek at MAGA America — my colleague Frank Bruni’s warning to Democrats yesterday was timely and important: Democrats should not hope to face Trump in 2024. All too many Trump opponents — in both parties — have spent so long building their voluminous cases against him that they’ve forgotten how he looks to the other side.

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