Election 2024

By now America is well versed in the predictions of the political right’s potential response should Donald Trump lose on Nov. 5: Anxiety boils about another stop-the-steal effort to contest the outcome.

Far less scrutinized: How might the left reckon with a Kamala Harris defeat? How would the Democrats handle a result that many have for months proclaimed is an existential threat to democracy itself?

As polls narrow, some Democratic stalwarts are trying to temper the sense of despair and the occasionally apocalyptic forecasts sweeping through their party. Jim Hannon, a psychotherapist and seasoned liberal organizer in Massachusetts, counseled calm in an open letter last week, noting Harris’s campaign strength, while urging a broader perspective.

AOC sparks MAGA fury after trashing Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally as ‘mini-January 6’

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the firebrand progressive Democrat, sparked MAGA outrage on Monday as she labeled Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally a ‘mini January 6’ event.

Trump’s campaign hosted the highly-anticipated campaign rally at historic MSG in AOC’s hometown New York City on Sunday. It drew 20,000 MAGA supporters, with thousands more turned away from the capacity event.

This was antifa insurrection at Trump’s inauguration.

As Arthur Miller put it in “The Crucible,” “Now we shall touch the bottom of this swamp.”

Anything can happen by Election Day next week, but Democrats are having a really scary Halloween. They fear the Great Orange Pumpkin is coming to get them, and their horror is infectious. After all, they’d thrown everything they had at Trump — falsehoods, slanders, impeachments, lawsuits, charges, bullets — but nothing has stopped or slowed his return march to the White House. Not even black magic. Now actual witches are bemoaning the fact their spells against Trump are not working.

More believe former President Donald Trump will win the presidential election than Vice President Kamala Harris, regardless of personal preference, while one quarter are unsure who will claim victory, this week’s survey from the Economist/YouGov found.

Democrats have tossed the charge around like a beachball at a music festival for years, so it’s no surprise it’s not landing hard on Trump.

Donald Trump once voiced admiration for the loyalty Hitler commanded from his generals, according to Trump’s former White House chief of staff and retired general John Kelly.

For the Harris campaign, it was a shocking revelation. It was so shocking that Vice President Kamala Harris held a pop-up press conference just to discuss the GOP nominee’s alleged remarks. Yet, despite assurances from Harris, her staffers, her campaign surrogates, Democratic lawmakers, Democratic strategists, retired journalists, working journalists, “democracy experts,” “election experts,” disaffected Republicans, and so on that Trump’s alleged remarks are as serious as they are disqualifying, the story started fading before the weekend was over.

Former first lady Michelle Obama implied that people who don’t support Vice President Kamala Harris for president are sexist and racist, and she questioned if voters were “ready for this moment.”

During a Harris rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Saturday, Obama spoke about how the race between Harris and former President Donald Trump was “too close.” The former first lady added that Harris was “an extraordinary human being” and candidate, and would be an “extraordinary president.”

Donald J. Trump posted a colorful graphic on social media this week, suggesting that he was headed for victory in the presidential election.

The graphic showed that Mr. Trump had a 64 percent chance of defeating Vice President Kamala Harris next month — a much rosier picture for him than the polls that indicate the election remains a tossup. Mr. Trump’s post was liked more than 10,000 times, as his fans responded with emojis of raised fists and Americans flags.

The election odds cited by Mr. Trump came from a crypto-powered gambling website called Polymarket. Using digital currencies, gamblers on Polymarket have wagered more than $100 million on the outcome of the presidential race, turning the site into the internet betting phenomenon of the 2024 election.

By continuing his never ending monologue, Trump tells the voters more and more about himself. Harris, in contrast, talks to hide herself.

It is late night in Paris when the phone jolts me out of my pre-sleep somnolence. It is a fellow-Iranian who wants to know who I think will be the United States’ next president.

As I mumble in search of an answer, the distant caller darts: So who will win?

“The winner will be the American system,” I say, and immediately realize that this might sound more like a dodge than a proper answer.