Election 2020

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Nate Silver Thinks Predictions on Biden Too Optimistic

Biden has 71% chance of winning, but that still leaves Trump with a decent shot

(Newser) - (This file has been corrected to reflect that 40,000 simulations were run.) Stats guru Nate Silver and his FiveThirtyEight.com team ran 40,000 simulations of the November election and concluded that Joe Biden has a 71% chance of defeating President Trump. This is clearly good news for...

AOC Will Have Just 60 Seconds for DNC Speech

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posts poem on the subject, reconnects with 2nd grade teacher

(Newser) - After it was announced Wednesday that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would have just one minute to speak next week at the virtual Democratic National Convention, the lawmaker got some encouragement from none other than her second-grade teacher, the Hill reports. In response to the news, which some progressives decried as a slap...

Facebook Is Adding Labels to Posts About Voting

Users will be directed to the 'Voting Information Center'

(Newser) - Beginning Thursday, US Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing an addendum to their messages—labels directing readers to authoritative information about the upcoming presidential election. It's the social network's latest step to to combat election-related misinformation on its platform as the Nov. 3 election nears—...

Biden Tells America: &#39;She&#39;s a Proven Fighter&#39;
Biden Unveils a 'Proven Fighter'
Aug 12, 2020 4:55 PM CDT

Biden Unveils a 'Proven Fighter'

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take the stage in Delaware

(Newser) - Joe Biden and his newly chosen running mate Kamala Harris campaigned together for the first time Wednesday, as the former primary rivals sought to solidify their advantage over President Trump and secure their place in American history, the AP reports. Biden, a 77-year-old white man, embraced the significance of naming...

Outcome of Georgia Race a Bit Thorny for the GOP
Trump Has
Praise for 'Future
Republican Star'
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 12, 2020 1:47 PM CDT

Trump Has Praise for 'Future Republican Star'

Marjorie Taylor Greene, accused of having racist views, will likely win congressional seat

(Newser) - The outcome of a Tuesday primary runoff isn't the easiest one for GOP leaders: Marjorie Taylor Greene will be the Republican contender for Georgia's solidly red 14th Congressional District, meaning she's likely to take the seat despite her history of embracing the QAnon conspiracy theory ("something...

Trump: Harris Is 'the Kind of Opponent Everyone Dreams Of'

She 'fled' primaries 'with almost zero support'

(Newser) - Sen. Kamala Harris won the veepstakes—but President Trump is going after her for not winning the Democratic nomination. Harris "started strong in the Democrat Primaries, and finished weak, ultimately fleeing the race with almost zero support," the president tweeted Wednesday. "That’s the kind of opponent...

10 Reactions to Biden Picking Kamala Harris
10 Reactions
to Biden
Picking
Kamala Harris
opinions
Aug 12, 2020 5:05 AM CDT

10 Reactions to Biden Picking Kamala Harris

Opinion writers are weighing in

(Newser) - The reactions are pouring in, and the consensus is that Kamala Harris was the safe pick for Joe Biden's running mate—but that she's also an exciting one. Our roundup:
  • The choice was "groundbreaking" (a woman of color) yet also "conventional," as Biden elevated "
...

Sarah Palin Has a Few Tips for Kamala Harris

Like, 'trust no one new'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin, the second woman ever to be chosen to share a major party presidential ticket (Geraldine Ferraro was the first, in 1984), has some advice for Kamala Harris, the third woman to be in those particular shoes. The very first item on Palin's six-item list of tips for...

Another 'Squad' Member Squashes Primary Challenge

Ilhan Omar easily fends off well-funded opponent

(Newser) - Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota survived a stiff Democratic primary challenge Tuesday from a well-funded opponent who tried to make an issue of her national celebrity, the latest in a string of victories by a new generation of emboldened progressive lawmakers. Omar, seeking her second term in November, easily defeated...

SNL Alum Is Delighted With Biden's Pick

Maya Rudolph is up for returning to her old stomping grounds as Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Maya Rudolph has played Kamala Harris three times so far during Saturday Night Live 's skewering of Election 2020, and she's cool with continuing to do so now that Joe Biden has selected Harris as his running mate. Entertainment Weekly was recording a Zoom panel discussion featuring Rudolph...

Obama: Harris Is &#39;More Than Prepared&#39;
Trump Slams Biden's
'Radical' VP Pick
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 11, 2020 8:07 PM CDT

Trump Slams Biden's 'Radical' VP Pick

Harris was seen as one of the 'safest choices'

(Newser) - Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, making her the first Black woman to appear on a major-party presidential ticket. The former California attorney general was seen by the Democratic establishment as "one of the safest choices" for Biden's running mate and was long...

DNC Releases Speakers' List, and the Hunt for Clues Begins

Susan Rice is absent, setting off some chatter

(Newser) - The list of speakers is out for next week's Democratic convention, and it's making news for who isn't on it as well as who is. Much of the buzz centers around Joe Biden's pending announcement of a running mate, with people looking for hints. Sen. Kamala...

Trump: Biden Making a Mistake on VP
Trump: Biden Making
a Mistake on VP
Aug 11, 2020 10:40 AM CDT

Trump: Biden Making a Mistake on VP

'Some people would say men are insulted' by considering only women

(Newser) - Joe Biden's announcement of a running mate is expected to come any day now , but President Trump thinks his rival already has made a mistake. "I would be inclined to go a different route than what he's done," Trump told sports radio host Clay Travis on...

Trump: I'll Accept GOP Nomination at White House or Gettysburg

Final decision is coming soon, he says

(Newser) - President Trump is considering accepting the Republican nomination with a Gettysburg address. The president tweeted Monday that the site of his acceptance speech on Aug. 27 has been narrowed down to two locations: "The Great Battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the White House, Washington, D.C." The White...

Willie Brown: Kamala Harris Should Say No to Biden

Not because the former San Fran mayor doesn't like her, however. Just the opposite

(Newser) - Kamala Harris for vice president? No thanks, says former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown in a new op-ed. Brown is a fan of Harris, and he acknowledges that if Joe Biden wins the election, she'd have a place in history as the first-ever female VP. However, "the glory...

State to Kanye: You Gave Us 1.9K Invalid Signatures

He's unlikely to get on the ballot in his home state of Illinois

(Newser) - Looks like Kanye West won't be on the Illinois ballot after all, TMZ reports. The politically inspired rapper handed in his petition to appear on his home state's presidential ballot in November, but officials rejected 1,928 of his submitted signatures—more than half—which leaves him over...

China, Russia Are Interfering in Campaigns, Intelligence Shows

Beijing is working against Trump, Russia against Biden, official says

(Newser) - China and Russia are interfering in the US presidential campaign, according to an intelligence report, with both parties' candidates as targets. "We assess that China prefers that President Trump—whom Beijing sees as unpredictable—does not win reelection," said William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security...

The Race Appears to Be Tightening
The Race Appears
to Be Tightening
the rundown
Aug 7, 2020 9:29 AM CDT

The Race Appears to Be Tightening

Trump has 'stopped the bleeding' and is gaining back some ground

(Newser) - Joe Biden is still ahead in the polls, but his lead appears to be shrinking. The average of polls at RealClearPolitics has Biden up by 6.4 points, down from 9 points a few weeks ago, reports Bloomberg . Coverage:
  • Briefings: Trump's new campaign chief, Bill Stepien, credits the bump
...

Her Opponent Wildly Outraised Her. She Won

It's Democrat Marquita Bradshaw vs. Republican Bill Hagerty for Lamar Alexander's Senate seat

(Newser) - Former US Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty and Black activist Marquita Bradshaw will face off in November to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander after their respective victories in Tennessee primary elections on Thursday. Hagerty defeated Nashville trauma surgeon Manny Sethi in the Republican primary, while Bradshaw scored an upset...

Trump Says Biden Opposes Guns, Energy. Also, 'He's Against God'

Democrat's campaign says he lives his faith 'with dignity'

(Newser) - President Trump warned Thursday of a radically different future for Americans under a President Joe Biden. "Take away your guns, take away your Second Amendment. No religion, no anything," Trump told supporters at the Cleveland airport. "Hurt the Bible. Hurt God. He’s against God." The...

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