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Emhoff to Trump: Don’t Worry About Mispronouncing ‘Kamala’

July 29, 2024 Buck Banks

“Mr. Trump, I know you have so much trouble pronouncing her name. Here’s the good news—after the election, you can just call her Madam President.”

— Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff offered former president Donald Trump some advice while speaking to canvassers at an event at the local party headquarters in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on Saturday.

Harris Campaign Raises $200 Million in First Week

July 29, 2024 Buck Banks

$200 million

“Kamala Harris’s campaign has raised more than $200 million since President Biden endorsed her last Sunday and terminated his own presidential bid — with two-thirds of the vice president’s haul coming from first-time donors,” the Washington Post reports. “Harris campaign aides said they have recruited 170,000 new volunteers since last Sunday and are holding 2,300 events to mobilize grassroots supporters this weekend.”

Democrats Riding Wave of Optimism

July 28, 2024 Buck Banks

From 17% to 51%

A new YouGov poll founds just before President Biden’s decision to drop his re-election bid, just 17% of Democrats said they felt optimistic about this year’s Democratic nomination process. After Biden stepped aside, 51% did, a 34-percentage-point increase in the span of just a few days. The shares saying they felt several other positive emotions also increased: excited (+26), confident (+16), inspired (+16), or satisfied (+12).

Odds Are 1 in 6 that Vance Gets Kicked Off Trump Ticket

July 27, 2024 Buck Banks

14%

Polymarket has a line on whether JD Vance is dumped from the Trump ticket.

Empty Suit with Beard

July 27, 2024August 14, 2026 Buck Banks

He was selected for Veep based on his MAGA zealotry,
With just a year in the senate, his record is paltry.
So, he wrote a bestseller book,
But if you take a closer look,
JD Vance looks more and more like a “hillbilly effigy.”

Vance Does Worse in His Home Region Polls

July 27, 2024 Buck Banks

“Vance does worse in his home region at -16 points than he does in the average of all polls… So the people who know him best, the region that knows him best, they like him even less than America likes him.”

— Polling analyst Harry Enten, on CNN.

All Sales Final

July 26, 2024August 14, 2026 Buck Banks

They might take a do-over if they had the chance,
Now that everybody’s looking at him kind of askance.
We’ve all felt it, of course,
That thing called buyer’s remorse.
And the Republican Party’s got it bad over JD Vance.

Vance’s Convention Bump Is Minus Six Points

July 24, 2024 Buck Banks

-6 points

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is making history as the least liked vice presidential nominee since 1980 following his party’s nominating convention, CNN reports. He’s also the first to have a net negative favorable rating.

Most Americans Want Trump Gone from the Campaign

July 23, 2024 Buck Banks

57%

A new AP-NORC poll shows 57% of Americans want Trump to drop out of the race: 51% of Independents, 86% of Democrats, and 26% of Republicans. The survey also showed that just 21% of Americans believe Trump is honest.

Snatched from the Jaws of Victory …

July 23, 2024 Buck Banks

Tag: campaign 2024

Emhoff to Trump: Don’t Worry About Mispronouncing ‘Kamala’

“Mr. Trump, I know you have so much trouble pronouncing her name. Here’s the good news—after the election, you can just call her Madam President.”

— Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff offered former president Donald Trump some advice while speaking to canvassers at an event at the local party headquarters in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on Saturday.

Harris Campaign Raises $200 Million in First Week

$200 million

Democrats Riding Wave of Optimism

From 17% to 51%

Odds Are 1 in 6 that Vance Gets Kicked Off Trump Ticket

14%

Polymarket has a line on whether JD Vance is dumped from the Trump ticket.

Empty Suit with Beard

Vance Does Worse in His Home Region Polls

“Vance does worse in his home region at -16 points than he does in the average of all polls… So the people who know him best, the region that knows him best, they like him even less than America likes him.”

— Polling analyst Harry Enten, on CNN.

All Sales Final

Vance’s Convention Bump Is Minus Six Points

-6 points

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is making history as the least liked vice presidential nominee since 1980 following his party’s nominating convention, CNN reports. He’s also the first to have a net negative favorable rating.

Most Americans Want Trump Gone from the Campaign

57%

A new AP-NORC poll shows 57% of Americans want Trump to drop out of the race: 51% of Independents, 86% of Democrats, and 26% of Republicans. The survey also showed that just 21% of Americans believe Trump is honest.

Snatched from the Jaws of Victory …

“Trump has never been closer to losing than at this moment.”

— GOP strategist Alex Castellanos, on X, on the 2024 presidential race.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”