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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

A Trump-Harris Coin Flip, as Voters Go to the Polls

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Election analysts say the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is a true tossup, but what if anything can be gleaned from the data on early voting and mail-in ballots? Meantime, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells his supporters not to vote for him in states where RFK is on the ballot, though could the Green Party's Jill Stein siphon off some progressive voters? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:35.1

It's Election Day in the USA with millions of ballots already cast and millions more

0:41.0

Americans headed to the polls now. Let's take a look at the early data and what to expect

0:45.6

tonight when returns begin to come in. Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

0:52.4

We're joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassel,

0:56.1

and editorial board member, Manet Uquay Barua. With the end of the 2024 election, almost in sight,

1:02.9

the two presidential campaigns are frantically trying to get their last voters to the polls,

1:08.3

while trying to also get a final word in. Kamala Harris on Monday was

1:12.1

barnstorming Pennsylvania with events in Pittsburgh, Allentown, and Philadelphia. Let's listen to

1:18.3

part of what she said at that last stop. We know it is time for a new generation of leadership

1:25.0

in America.

1:30.3

And I am ready to offer that leadership as the next president of the United States of America.

1:41.3

However, the race ain't over yet, and we must finish strong.

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