Harris heads into Trump debate with lead, rising enthusiasm
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🗓️ 4 September 2024
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USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page relays a new USA TODAY/Suffolk poll.
The Justice Department charges six leaders of Hamas with the Oct. 7th attack on Israel.
The Supreme Court rejects Oklahoma’s request to receive federal money for reproductive health care without providing referrals for abortion to those who request it.
Former President Donald Trump loses his bid to move his hush money case to federal court and avoid a New York criminal sentencing.
USA TODAY Consumer Travel Reporter Kathleen Wong talks about naturist camping.
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's the excerpt, ad free right now. |
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Wednesday, September 4th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:19.2 | excerpt. Today a look at recent polling as we enter the final days before next week's |
| 0:26.6 | presidential debate. Plus the Justice Department has charged Hamas leaders |
| 0:30.7 | over October 7th. And let's talk about naturist campaign. |
| 0:35.0 | In a new USA Today Suffolk poll, things are looking up for Vice President Kamla Harris, |
| 0:41.0 | but former President Donald Trump still holds an edge on some issues. |
| 0:44.8 | I spoke with USA Today, Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page to break it all down. |
| 0:49.7 | Susan, thanks as always for hopping on. |
| 0:51.3 | Hey, it's always great to be with you. |
| 0:53.4 | So Susan, what has this latest polling found? |
| 0:56.1 | How are Vice President Kamla Harris and former President Donald Trump |
| 0:59.3 | fairing and you know how many voters might still change their minds. |
| 1:03.0 | This is amazing. This is a poll that we took entirely after the Democratic |
| 1:07.2 | Convention so both parties conventions were over and we found that |
| 1:11.1 | Kamala Harris had a five- lead, 48% to 43% nationwide. |
| 1:16.6 | This is a surprise. This is an eight point swing from the poll we took in late June when Joe Biden was a Democratic nominee and Donald |
| 1:26.4 | Trump was ahead. |
| 1:27.4 | We think about 9 out of 10 voters' minds are firmly made up. |
| 1:30.8 | They're not going to change their minds. |
| 1:31.9 | It's a pretty small universe of |
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