What the Closeness of This Election Suggests About the Future of American Politics

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Less than three weeks before Election Day, Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump by fewer than three points in national polls. Because Republicans have a structural advantage in the Electoral College, this means the Presidential race is a pure tossup. To talk about all things election-related, I recently spoke by phone with Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst at the New York Times, and the person who oversees the Times’ polling operation, conducted with Siena College. (Full disclosure: Cohn and I worked together at The New Republic and are friends.) During our conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, we discussed why Republicans have been making voter-registration gains, what we can learn from the Times’ large ...

The New Yorker     Oct 17, 2024