Democratic strategists alarmed over former President Trump’s track record of outperforming the polls are hoping that Vice President Harris will benefit from a surge of Democratic “ghost voters,” young women they hope will turn out in large numbers for Election Day even though they are not being captured by recent polls. Polls in battlegrounds states such as Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin are not promising for Harris when considered in light of Trump’s...

Kamala Harris spent Sunday with a singular focus: Philadelphia. The decision to devote the entire day to Pennsylvania’s largest city, nine days before Election Day, underscored the heavily Democratic city’s importance to the vice president — and also a central challenge facing her campaign: If she doesn’t drive turnout among Black and Latino voters there, she’ll lose the state and her best path to the White House. Philadelphia is nearly 40 percent Black and 15 percent Hispanic. President...

Whoever becomes president, the short term is bad For traditional conservatives, this year’s presidential election has been a dispiriting affair. The Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris, is an old-school San Francisco progressive who is ruthlessly hostile to most aspects of the American constitutional order, who exhibits no principled opposition to the most radical of her movement’s policy positions, and who has thus far failed to demonstrate that she possesses leadership skills of...

The Department of Defense published an updated policy on intelligence gathering on Sept. 27. The update didn’t add any new rules or expand military authority. It just described some existing policy from other, related protocols about the use of force. But some conservative influencers have misrepresented the revised policy, claiming that it “NOW includes the legal use of lethal force against civilians by the military,” or that the “US military was just ‘...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Sunday that he's running against "something far bigger" than Democrat nominee Kamala Harris, who he asserted is a "perfect vessel" for the "radical left machine." Trump made the comments at his rally at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan carried live by Newsmax and simulcast on the Newsmax2 online streaming platform. "We're running against something far bigger than Joe [Biden] or Kamala and far more powerful than them,...

Melissa Kono has been training election workers in Wisconsin for a decade. The election town clerk in Burnside said her approach used to center on ensuring workers understood election rules, such as photo ID requirements and voter eligibility. But in recent years, she says the focus has shifted to helping election workers deal with threats, including determining what may constitute a real threat and how to de-escalate situations. "They're very, very concerned" about receiving threats in...

Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. We are a week out from the election. Kamala Harris said the other day that she thinks Donald Trump is a fascist. Do you agree? Gail Collins: Well, it does tend to sound a little harsh right up front, but if we’re talking about a politician who wants to impose his will on the public, by force if necessary, can’t say Trump hasn’t gone down that road. And let’s not forget the revolting rally he held Sunday night at Madison Square Garden … Bret:...

Leaders of several opposition parties in Georgia have said they will not recognize the results of this weekend's national parliamentary vote. According to the official results, the ruling Georgian Dream party received almost 54% of the vote, while various opposition forces attracted between 11% and 3%. Georgian Dream party chairman Mamuka Mdinaradze has claimed the party is likely to win at least 90 of the national chamber’s 150 seats, up from the 74 it won in the...

This piece was originally posted by the Alliance for Citizen Engagement (Center). It was written by Vianna Rodgers. As Kamala Harris and Donald Trump continue on the campaign trail, both presidential candidates have attempted to reach new audiences of potential voters. In recent months, both candidates have tapped into the expanding podcast industry, appearing on popular shows to speak on political issues and encourage the expanding base of podcast listeners to vote....