A snap poll following Tuesday evening’s 2024 presidential debate between former President Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris reveals that a near majority of respondents believe Trump was the victor. The survey, conducted by the Democracy Institute, found 45 percent of respondents believe Trump won the contest. Meanwhile, 34 percent say Harris was the better candidate. Just 21 percent say they felt the debate ended in a draw.
The telephone-based poll surveyed 600 likely American voters and was put in the field immediately following Tuesday’s debate hosted by ABC News. Despite respondents by and large believing Trump came out on top in the debate, it appears the contest did little to change the dynamics of the 2024 presidential race.
When those polled were asked whether Harris’s debate performance changed their opinion of the candidate, 53 percent said it made no difference in their likelihood to vote for the Democratic Party nominee. Additionally, only 24 percent said Harris’s performance made it more likely they would vote for her, while 23 percent said it made it less likely.
Conversely, 51 percent said the debate did not impact their likelihood of voting for former President Trump. Meanwhile, 27 percent reported being more likely to vote for the Republican nominee. Just 22 percent said they’re less inclined to support Trump.
For several weeks, polling has shown the 2024 presidential race in a statistical tie, with Trump or Harris having a slight edge in key swing states. Early data, like the Democracy Institute survey, suggests the Tuesday debate will have little impact on propelling one candidate ahead of the other just before early voting begins in several states.
Patrick Basham, the Director of the Democracy Institute, was one of the few to get it right in 2016 with Trump and Brexit in the UK.
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A snap poll following Tuesday evening's 2024 presidential debate between former President Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris reveals that a near majority of respondents believe Trump was the victor. The survey, conducted by the Democracy Institute, found 45 percent of respondents believe Trump won the contest. Meanwhile, 34 percent say Harris was the better candidate. Just 21 percent say they felt the debate ended in a draw.
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Former President Donald Trump has seen significant gains among independent and Latino voters in a recent NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, positioning him closely against Vice President Kamala Harris. The poll indicates a shift in voter support, with Trump now leading Harris by three points among independents in a multi-candidate contest, at 49 percent to Harris’s 46 percent. This reflects a 14-point gain since the previous poll in August, where Harris led by 11 points.
The poll also highlights a notable shift among Latino voters, with Trump now holding a four-point lead at 51 percent to Harris’s 47 percent. This represents a substantial change from August, when Harris led by 15 points.
These changes in polling numbers come after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exited the race and endorsed Trump. Additionally, the initial surge in support for Harris following her nomination appears to have stabilized.
The latest poll shows Harris leading Trump by a slim margin among registered voters, 49 percent to 48 percent. This is a slight change from August, where Harris led 48 percent to 45 percent in a multi-candidate scenario.
Key issues influencing voter decisions reveal varying support for both candidates. Harris is favored among voters who value honesty, while Trump is preferred for strong leadership. Harris also holds a 15-point lead among women, whereas Trump leads by 12 points among men. On specific issues, Trump scores higher on immigration and the economy, while Harris leads on abortion.
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Former President Donald Trump has seen significant gains among independent and Latino voters in a recent NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, positioning him closely against Vice President Kamala Harris. The poll indicates a shift in voter support, with Trump now leading Harris by three points among independents in a multi-candidate contest, at 49 percent to Harris’s 46 percent. This reflects a 14-point gain since the previous poll in August, where Harris led by 11 points.
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Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz, voted against legislation mandating lifesaving care for babies who survive abortions in Congress and repealed legislation requiring such survivors to be reported in Minnesota. The Nebraska-born Democrat initially voted in favor of H.R.4712, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, but wrote to then-Speaker Paul Ryan saying he had done so in error and requesting his vote be reversed.
On becoming Governor of Minnesota in 2019, he continued to pursue an anti-life agenda, repealing legislation mandating that reasonable measures be taken to “preserve the life and health” of children born alive after botched abortions. The omnibus bill containing the repeal measures also repealed requirements for abortionists to report cases in which infants survive abortion and whether those infants receive care, and the Positive Alternatives Act which provided support for mothers considering abortions.
Babies were recorded as having initially survived their abortions multiple times before Walz repealed the reporting requirements. Three were reported in 2019, although two were allowed to die, and the third received only “comfort care measures” rather than lifesaving treatment.
Some babies who survive their abortions have been saved by medical intervention. Melissa Ohden is one high-profile case, with a nurse finding her discarded in a bag of medical waste, making “weak cries and slight movements” following a botched abortion in Iowa in 1977.
In testimony to Congress, Ohden described how de facto “post-birth” abortions were the norm at the hospital where she was born, with it being common practice to “leave born alive infants like me to die in the utility closet.”
It’s true.
Tim Walz not only believes in abortion at all stages of a pregnancy, but even after birth.
Walz accidentally voted in favor of HR4712, which provided medical care to babies who survived abortion—but then REVERSED his vote.
Kamala Harris's running mate, Tim Walz, voted against legislation mandating lifesaving care for babies who survive abortions in Congress and repealed legislation requiring such survivors to be reported in Minnesota. The Nebraska-born Democrat initially voted in favor of H.R.4712, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, but wrote to then-Speaker Paul Ryan saying he had done so in error and requesting his vote be reversed.
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U.S. Census Bureau data shows the average American family was better off economically when former President Donald J. Trump was in the White House. The government agency data reveals that in 2019 the median household income was $81,210. Meanwhile, in 2023—under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris—household median income dropped to $80,610.
Additionally, while the data shows household income across most demographics recovering post-COVID-19 pandemic, this is not the case for Asian and Hispanic Americans. This may, in part, explain the accelerated shift of Hispanic and Latino voters away from the Democratic Party and towards former President Trump.
Under Trump’s White House, household incomes increased markedly for all racial and ethnic demographics until the pandemic.
BREAKING: New data from the U.S. Census Bureau confirms Americans were BETTER OFF under President Trump.
The National Pulse has previously reported that the inflation crisis kicked off by Biden andHarris’s reckless spending policies drastically increased the income level needed to maintain a satisfactory quality of life for a family of four in the U.S. An inability by the Federal Reserve to reign in the crisis resulted in interest rates remaining significantly elevated in the country for well over a year—restricting business access to capital and making loans, such as mortgages, prohibitively expensive for most Americans.
Even more concerning, the Biden-Harris government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics now admits nearly one million fewer jobs than initially reported were added to the U.S. economy over the past year. This news has raised concerns about a significant slowing in the labor market, prompting the Federal Reserve to consider cutting interest rates later this month despite not having inflation under control.
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U.S. Census Bureau data shows the average American family was better off economically when former President Donald J. Trump was in the White House. The government agency data reveals that in 2019 the median household income was $81,210. Meanwhile, in 2023—under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris—household median income dropped to $80,610.
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Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, believes the debate between former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was largely a “score draw,” but the closing statements gave the America First leader the edge. In conversation with Harry Cole, political editor at The Sun, Kassam said Harris was “at least coherent” compared to Joe Biden, but “very smug and scripted,” especially in her closing remarks. Trump, on the other hand, came across as “indignant”—but “righteously indignant” about “the state of the nation, which a lot of those people in swing states are.”
On the issues, Kassam said the difference in rhetoric between Trump and Harris on Ukraine was striking. Trump, he observed, “talks about war in the sense of human life and human cost,” while Harris “talks about that war, and any war… in the sense of the propping up of an ideology.”
He recalled voters’ dissatisfaction with the cost of the “forever wars” in the Middle East and the way none of them seemed to end in America’s favor—particularly the withdrawal from Afghanistan, botched by the Biden-Harris government in 2021.
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Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, believes the debate between former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was largely a "score draw," but the closing statements gave the America First leader the edge. In conversation with Harry Cole, political editor at The Sun, Kassam said Harris was "at least coherent" compared to Joe Biden, but "very smug and scripted," especially in her closing remarks. Trump, on the other hand, came across as "indignant"—but "righteously indignant" about "the state of the nation, which a lot of those people in swing states are."
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claims 30 percent of Republicans refuse to support Democratic Party candidates because of their views on women, race, and LGBTQ issues. Speaking with podcast host Kara Swisher at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival, the California Democrat insisted that these voters will never cast a ballot for Democrats, which is why the 2024 presidential race between former President Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris is so close.
“There are people who will never be, shall we say, inclined to support Democrats because of – they just have a different orientation toward women, people of color, LGBTQ, you know, they just are not ever going to be there,” Pelosi told Swisher before continuing: ” So, say that’s about like 30 percent or something like that… of the Republicans.”
“And then you have very, very rich people who do not really want to pay taxes or have any regulation of clean air, clean water, any of that. So you have to deal with that,” the former Democrat Speaker noted regarding campaign fundraising, adding: “Now, it’s not as many very, very rich people, but it’s a lot of money that goes into a campaign.”
During the discussion, Pelosi seemed to suggest that Democrats should respect but still ignore the concerns of this large bloc of American voters. She told Swisher, “They have fear of globalization. They saw the factory down the road move overseas. They’re fearful of innovation.”
Addressing former President Trump directly, the 84-year-old Democrat who is running for re-election insisted he is a “snake oil salesman.”
Pelosi’s remarks are reminiscent of similar comments made by Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election in which she labeled half of Trump’s political base as a “basket of deplorable” and cited similar perceived prejudices listed by the former Speaker.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claims 30 percent of Republicans refuse to support Democratic Party candidates because of their views on women, race, and LGBTQ issues. Speaking with podcast host Kara Swisher at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival, the California Democrat insisted that these voters will never cast a ballot for Democrats, which is why the 2024 presidential race between former President Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris is so close.
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Foreign media outlets are spinning hard for Kamala Harris following her debate against Donald Trump on Tuesday, feeding a narrative that she “got under his skin” and rubbishing his remarks about Haitian migrants killing pets in Ohio—an emphasis that could come back to haunt them if the allegations are substantiated. However, many conceded ABC News skewed the debate and that Harris did not outline a clear vision. There are also signs her pro-Israel remarks alienated Muslim voters key to winning swing states such as Michigan.
MOTHER COUNTRY.
Britain’s Telegraph, a notionally right-wing broadsheet, damned Harris with faint praise, with U.S. editor Tony Diver claiming she “made [Trump] look ridiculous” but “gave woolly and unclear answers on questions about the economy, and could not convincingly shrug off accusations from both Trump and the moderator that she has abandoned many of her beliefs in favour of the pursuit of power.”
Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley, who has long advocated for censoring Trump online, described the debate as a case of “he was crazy and she was insufferable,” giving a “narrow win” to the former president overall.
Telegraph readers gave Harris a slight edge, at 56 percent, but—like Stanley—suggested the ABC moderators tipped the scales in favor of the Vice President. “[T]he moderators were doing the debating for Harris,” said one.
The Daily Mail commissioned a poll of 800 independents, with 49 percent saying Harris won the debate against 43 percent who gave the nod to Trump. However, Harris only gained two points in terms of voting intention, rising from 36 percent to 38 percent. Trump also rose, from 44 percent to 45 percent.
‘SUPPORTING GENOCIDE.’
Qatar-owned Al Jazeera interviewed a number of “experts” post-debate. Predictably, none of the mostly left-leaning observers gave a clear advantage to Trump, but support for Harris was not effusive. Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia merely said, “At the very least, she didn’t put [undecided, moderate] voters off or make any disqualifying gaffes.”
However, in a sign of trouble for Harris in swing states, she received criticism for her stance on the Israel-Hamas war. “Vice President Harris has been pretty clear in previous statements, as she was tonight, that she will continue Biden’s policy of unconditional military and financial support for Israel’s war on Gaza,” said Reem Abuelhaj, of the No Ceasefire No Vote organization, referencing voters who feel “unable to cast their ballot for a candidate who is actively supporting genocide.”
Oh man they’re gonna pump Michigan with that clip of her saying she loves Israel 4eva https://t.co/QSEA78VLP1
SBS News, owned by the Australian state, said Harris won the debate—citing a CNN poll—and insisted, like many media outlets, that the Vice President got “under Trump’s skin.” However, the state media organ could not help but betray its clear bias, asserting Trump has “spent weeks insulting [Harris] with racist and sexist attacks.”
Sky News Australia, which leans right, stressed the bias of the ABC moderators. “I didn’t know whether I was watching Trump versus Kamala Harris or if I was watching Trump versus the ABC and Kamala Harris,” said one host. “Every single time they could, they gave her an assist.”
DO-OVER.
While many foreign media outlets claim the Harris camp expressing its willingness to do a second debate in October shows they are confident she won on Tuesday, Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, believes it shows they want a do-over.
Previously, ABC—which has a 100 percent positive spin score for Harris—was the only venue the Vice President’s team was willing to accept for a debate, with Fox News and even NBC rejected.
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Foreign media outlets are spinning hard for Kamala Harris following her debate against Donald Trump on Tuesday, feeding a narrative that she "got under his skin" and rubbishing his remarks about Haitian migrants killing pets in Ohio—an emphasis that could come back to haunt them if the allegations are substantiated. However, many conceded ABC News skewed the debate and that Harris did not outline a clear vision. There are also signs her pro-Israel remarks alienated Muslim voters key to winning swing states such as Michigan.
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Singer Taylor Swift publicly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential bid on Tuesday night in a pre-written statement posted to her Instagram account and leaked early to the corporate media. The endorsement followed the debate with former President Donald Trump. Swift described Harris as a “steady-handed, gifted leader” in her post in which she referred to herself as a “childless cat lady” before locking the comments section down.
“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” Swift wrote, praising Harris for her leadership qualities and commending Walz’s advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights and mass abortion.
Swift continued, emphasizing the importance of voter registration and early voting, particularly addressing first-time voters.
At 34, Swift has become increasingly vocal about her political views, a shift that began with the release of her documentary “Miss Americana.” The film showcased her decision to speak out against Sen. Marsha Blackburn during the 2018 midterm elections. Blackburn won her Senate race in a humiliating failure for Swift.
Earlier on Tuesday, War Room host Stephen K. Bannon had issued a public warning about Swift’s impending endorsement of Harris, in a statement made from his jail cell at Danbury Prison in Connecticut. He remains a political prisoner of the Biden-Harris regime, and is due to be released on October 31 2024.
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Singer Taylor Swift publicly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential bid on Tuesday night in a pre-written statement posted to her Instagram account and leaked early to the corporate media. The endorsement followed the debate with former President Donald Trump. Swift described Harris as a "steady-handed, gifted leader" in her post in which she referred to herself as a "childless cat lady" before locking the comments section down.
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Editor’s Notes
Behind-the-scenes political intrigue exclusively for Pulse+ subscribers.
Eric and Melania Trump have raised grave concerns about the investigation into the July 2023 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, suggesting key details are being concealed from the public. Melania Trump, normally private and reserved, released a video expressing deep dissatisfaction with the way the situation has been handled.
“The attempt to end my husband’s life was a horrible, distressing experience,” she said. “Now, the silence around it feels heavy. I can’t help but wonder: Why didn’t law enforcement officials arrest the shooter before the speech? There is definitely more to this story, and we need to uncover the truth.”
Her statement referred to the July 13th incident in Butler, Pennsylvania, when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired eight rounds during one of Donald Trump’s rallies. One of the bullets struck Trump’s right ear, causing profuse bleeding and almost killing the 45th President.
Though Crooks was shot and killed by a Secret Service sniper, Melania’s recent remarks imply that the investigation may have left critical questions unanswered. The shooter’s motives remain “unknown,” and while Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned shortly after the incident, taking responsibility for the security failure, the Trump family suggests that this may not be the end of the story.
Eric Trump followed Melania’s lead, posting on social media shortly after her video was released. “I want answers as well,” he wrote. “Something is being hidden.” This statement adds fuel to the growing speculation within Trump’s circle that certain details have not been fully disclosed to the public.
As public pressure mounts, law enforcement agencies may face increasing calls for more transparency on the assassination attempt and Crooks’ potential motivations. The Trump family’s insistence on uncovering the truth continues to raise questions about what, if anything, remains hidden from public view.
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Eric and Melania Trump have raised grave concerns about the investigation into the July 2023 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, suggesting key details are being concealed from the public. Melania Trump, normally private and reserved, released a video expressing deep dissatisfaction with the way the situation has been handled.
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The Biden-Harris government has issued nearly 300 executive orders to implement its mass immigration and open-border policies, according to Senator John Kennedy (R-LA). Additionally, the Louisiana Republican stressed this all occurred during Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s first year in office.
“Reminder: The Biden-Harris White House wrote nearly 300 executive orders to open our border in just their FIRST YEAR in office,” Kennedy wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Reminder: The Biden-Harris White House wrote nearly 300 executive orders to open our border in just their FIRST YEAR in office.
Senior officials in the Biden-Harris government have repeatedly attempted to obfuscate their role in the ongoing illegal immigration crisis at the U.S. southern border. The National Pulse reported that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, during a recent interview, attempted to evade blame for Americans who’ve been murdered by illegal immigrants released into the country by his agency.
300 EXECUTIVE ACTIONS.
The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) released a study in January 2022 stating that President Biden took 296 executive actions on immigration during his first year. MPI analysts Muzaffar Chishti and Jessica Bolter noted that these actions included reversing or beginning to undo 89 Trump-era policies, which restricted the ability of illegal immigrants to enter or be released into the country.
“Biden’s actions greatly narrowed the number of unauthorized immigrants vulnerable to arrest, detention, and removal, lifted some barriers to U.S. entry and accessing immigration benefits, and raised the refugee resettlement ceiling to 125,000,” MPI’s report states.
In the early days of the Biden-Harris government, immigrant rights activists pressured the White House to move more quickly in rolling back former President Donald J. Trump’s actions to secure the U.S. border. However, the pro-mass immigration campaign did not stop after a year. In January of this year, senior officials from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency held discussions with an activist group, the Detention Watch Network, which aims to abolish immigration detention in the United States.
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The Biden-Harris government has issued nearly 300 executive orders to implement its mass immigration and open-border policies, according to Senator John Kennedy (R-LA). Additionally, the Louisiana Republican stressed this all occurred during Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's first year in office.
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