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It’s Labor Day, So Where Do the Election Polls Currently Stand?
In just a matter of weeks, Kamala Harris has managed to take a small lead.
In the days that followed the recent debate between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, there is no way you would have convinced me that anyone but Donald Trump was going to win the race. Leading up to it, obviously myself and countless others were viewing it and pointing it out as an opportunity for Joe Biden to potentially salvage what looked like grim chances, and turn things around.
As we all know, he did the opposite.
After weeks of doubling down and insisting he would be going nowhere, Joe Biden finally stepped down from the campaign and almost immediately after endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President.
I don’t think it can be understated just how quickly things have shifted.
Steven Shepard with Politico writes:
“Labor Day is a critical mile-marker on the road to the general election, and Kamala Harris has reached it with a slim advantage over Donald Trump. But the former president would still be well within striking distance if the election were held today…
…Of the seven states that both campaigns have identified as the core…
