In today’s edition of NBC News Politics’ From the Politics Desk, national political correspondent Steve Kornacki examines Donald Trump’s polling in Georgia and North Carolina, highlighting how Trump is polling better in Georgia than in North Carolina despite demographic similarities. One potential explanation for this trend is a polling miss among white voters without college degrees, who make up a larger share of North Carolina’s population. Meanwhile, national political reporter Ben Kamisar discusses the growing number of voters planning to cast their ballots early, with Democrats leading among early voters and Republicans among Election Day voters.
According to an NBC News poll, half of registered voters plan to cast their ballots early, with Democrats leading by a significant margin among those voters. This marks a shift from previous election cycles, where a majority of voters planned to vote on Election Day. The survey also showed that Democrats historically hold smaller leads with early voters, while the Election Day vote tends to be more competitive.
Other top stories covered in the newsletter include President Biden’s call for global unity at the U.N., Nebraska GOP Gov. Jim Pillen’s decision not to change the state’s electoral vote allocation, and Vice President Kamala Harris’s support for eliminating the filibuster to protect abortion rights nationally. The Secret Service has also increased protection around Donald Trump following recent events, and there has been an incident of gunfire damage at a Democratic Party-coordinated campaign office in Arizona.
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