Crucial polling on Kamala Harris
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I feel sorry for Armando Iannucci and satirists everywhere
The Guardian reported that From Donald Trump’s “Make America great again” (Maga) to Margaret Thatcher’s “There is no alternative” (Tina), political acronyms have long distilled what leaders stand for. Tom Tugendhat has now inadvertently created his own four-letter calling card: Turd. The Tory leadership hopeful briefly adopted the slogan “Together we can, Unite the party. Rebuild trust. Defeat Labour” when he launched his bid on Wednesday. A graphic breaking it down into four lines was visible on his campaign website. Eagle-eyed social…
Will the felon debate the prosecutor?
I hope we get to see a betting market on whether there is a Trump v Harris debate. TSE
The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux.
I have thought the path to victory for Kamala Harris would be difficult and I think Donald Trump is still the favourite. The analysis in Harry Enten’s original Tweet implies the Biden 2020/24 coalition might not transfer 100% to Harris but also gives her scope to win votes and states that were seemingly out of reach for the Dems, even Texas might be in play, Biden had one path to victory, Harris may have more. Once we start seeing more…
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Or why elections in 2024 were good ones to win It’s a theme I’ve riffed on before, but the last four years have been pretty miserable for consumers in the developed world, largely because commodity prices have risen sharply. And when commodity prices rise, then other prices (but not wages) will follow. Higher natural gas prices mean more expensive electricity, which not only squeezes household budgets, but means that fertilizer is more expensive (the Haber process), making food cost more….
Oh dear, how sad, never mind
it is a good sign for the Tories that Suella Braverman’s is struggling to find ten Tory MPs to sign up to her repulsive and divisive rhetoric about the LGBTQIA+ and homeless communities because her agenda is the way to achieving a general election result worse than 2024. TSE
The choice of running mate by Kamala Harris could be crucial
In a close election marginal gains will be critical, J.D. Vance is turning out be the biggest duffer since John McCain picked Sarah Palin. Unless she Harris picks as her running mate Harvey Weinstein or the contents of a cat’s litter tray her choice for Veep should be better than Vance, he brings no balance to the Trump ticket and will scare off centrist voters. There is a Betfair market on who Harris will choose, but I cannot see any…
The latest White House race betting
We’ve started to see some polls (conducted exclusively after Biden’s announcement) which shows Harris leading. My expectation is that the polling will get better for Harris until after the convention (where parties usually get a bounce) and she might even be favourite in this market then. TSE