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Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) has skipped every Senate vote since he became Donald Trump’s running mate on July 15, reports the Washington Post. “Vance, a freshman senator from Ohio, has missed 38 votes over the last two months, including a vote on expanding the child tax credit in early August and one last week creating a right to in vitro fertilization. And he’s highly unlikely to cancel his campaign rally in Michigan to be in Washington tonight to vote this week on a funding extension to avoid a partial government shutdown.”
210
“At least 210 women faced criminal charges related to pregnancy, abortion, pregnancy loss, or birth in the year after the Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion,” Rolling Stone reports. “In most of the cases — 121 of the 210 — the information later used against the women was obtained or disclosed in a medical setting, researchers found.”
$27 million
“Vice President Kamala Harris raised $27 million at a packed New York City fundraiser on Sunday, her largest fundraising haul since she took over at the top of the ticket from President Joe Biden,” the AP reports.
$237,500
“Melania Trump has barely been seen on the campaign trail this year. One of the few times she has appeared at a political event, she’s received a six-figure paycheck – a highly unusual move for the spouse of a candidate,” CNN reports. “The former first lady spoke at two political fundraisers for the Log Cabin Republicans this year, and she was paid $237,500 for an April event, according to former President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure form. The payment was listed as a ‘speaking engagement.’”
59% to 57%
A new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs (AP-NORC) reveals that voters believe Vice President Kamala Harris has more brains and brawn than GOP nominee Donald Trump. According to the numbers, voters chose Harris 59 percent over Trump’s 57 percent when it came to which candidate they felt was tough enough to be president. As for which candidate would change the country for the better, Harris beat Trump again 55 percent compared to 46 percent. Voters also said Harris was more likely to fight for them than Trump, scoring 54 percent and 43 percent, respectively.
48 out of 51
A recent study showed that for healthcare coverage, access and affordability for women, Florida ranks 48 out of 51 states including Washington, D.C. For prenatal care, the state comes in dead last – 51 out of 51, WUSF reports.
47%
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance said its Global Report on the State of Democracy, which measures democratic performance in 158 countries from 1975 till today, found that 47% of countries have experienced a decline in key democratic indicators over the past five years, marking the eighth consecutive year of global democratic backsliding. One in three elections are being disputed in some way and the average percentage of the voting age population that actually cast ballots has declined from 65.2% in 2008 to 55.5% in 2023. Globally, in nearly 20% of elections between 2020 and 2024, one of the losing candidates or parties rejected the result, and elections were being decided by court appeals at the same rate.
52% to 46%
A new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump among likely voters nationwide, 52% to 46%. It’s the same margin as before the debate which voters say Harris won by 58% to 36%.
50% to 46%
A new Data for Progress survey finds Kamala Harris now leading Donald Trump by four points nationally, 50% to 46%.
$47 million
Kamala Harris raised $47 million in the first 24 hours following her debate with Donald Trump on Tuesday night, the New York Times reports. “That tally included donations from 600,000 people. It is her largest 24-hour fund-raising period since an initial burst of donations when she entered the race in July and raised $81 million on the first day.”
