Harris Vs Trump 2024 US Presidential election - read the warning in the OP posted 18/09/24

This is key, and an encouraging sign from Georgia. Voter engagement and excitement is what will increase the chances of a Harris win.

What an interesting overreaction to the comment. People can't point out the post was weird without it being some ulterior thing?

This. I usually forget it's a thing. I think I did it once for a primary one year, but that's it.

Early voting is available at the library near my residence, I might give them a visit this week and report back.

Thanks for the confirmation, and yes please do report back.

Damn…we’ve got our own reporter on the ground folks. We can give RTE News a run for their money :P

Yank I worked with a few years ago gave an explanation so it might have changed.

Basically depends on the state, but it is to allow you cast your vote due to not being able to on the actual date of the election, some require a reason to vote early others don't while others don't allow any early voting.

In a poll carried out by the Daily Mail for its readership [and further published over the net] on whether Pennsylvanians liked the visit by Ukraine's President Zelensky to a munitions factory in the state, the result was 42 for, 37 against with the remainder undecided. During the visit, he thanked the workers there and also Pennsylvania and the US, something which seems to have been missed by Trump and Vance, who went on to say that Zelensky should have thanked Pennsylvania and the US during their criticism of his visit to the factory with Democrat politicians.

Their criticism raises the question, given Trump's other criticism about the Biden administration assisting Ukraine in defending its territory from the Russian invaders, would Trump and Vance have accepted an invite to accompany Zelensky in the factory visit? Could it also indicate an outside factor which could sway the way voters might favour one candidate over another?

I think, sadly, support for Ukraine has diminished overall and become much more polarized along voting lines. They have in effect become a pawn in this election.

I think if last night showed us anything, Trump has given up trying to pretend he's racing to win. He's racing to 'stop the steal' ie. set up the next grift and stay out of prison as long as possible. That's why he couldn't give a toss about answering questions on the economy coherently etc. he just wants to vibe out on Cats musical tracks and complain about 'rigged' voting. IDK what finally burst the floodgates for him, but it's like a switch has gone off with him like 'I have no chance to win this election' and he's getting ready to just ride the next 3 weeks out then claim it was "stollen" - either he snaps out of whatever the hell has happened or we are going to watch a 3 week long decline.

Ya. He was always a vile man. Just the mind and body have both really deteriorated very quickly it seems.

It may be part of the Trump team strategy.

Firstly, what is to really be gained from talking to, say, 60 Minutes? Trump doesn't really need the exposure. Pretty much everyone knows who he is and what he is. And since much of his campaign trail rhetoric is based on blind prejudice and childish name calling, he's not going to do well if he's asked some serious questions point blank that ask for detailed answers about policy.

Secondly, does Trump refusing to do these various things you list play well or poorly with his base or even swing voters? Is anyone basing their voting intention on Trump's blood pressure or Joe Rogan telling him about DMT? I'm not really sure if any of it makes a difference at this stage.

But what we really need to know is whether Trump refusing interviews and so forth is just based on his capricious nature or is it what I suggested in my first line? If it's the latter, it's a bad sign because it would signal that Trump's team reckon they've got the numbers without needing to give him chances to put his foot in it.

Well, the old adage of 'caveat emptor' would apply to this purchase as much as any other.

And possibly the other one about fools and their money.

I hope you don't think that I had this feeling that calling your post "weird" would sway the election…

That entire interview was a bizarre clusterfcuk on Trumps part.

If this is part of any kind of "strategy", it doesn't seem like the most intelligent one.

This close to an election his base have their minds made up, so do the Harris base for that matter. Main reason you will see candidates on the trail over the next few weeks is to get the final few percentage points to win, especially when it is this close.

Trump running and hiding is more down to either his ego, or his health. It is not down to some masterstroke stragey.

He really burnt any bridges he had there with the state election board where it came to accommodations and reciprocations where it came to safe certification of the state citizens vote results. If his actions could have effect, they should be negative for his campaign but…. where he's concerned, there's always a but!