One Week Left: Race Too Close to Call

Dr. Munr Kazmir
3 min readOct 29, 2024

Same as it ever was.

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

As most anxious politicos, nervous journalists, and terrified pollsters will admit, the U.S. presidential race is currently too close to call. There are signs aplenty, but no consensus about what they will mean.

And Election Day cometh.

On one hand, from certain perspectives, former President Donald Trump appears to be running away with the race.

Donald Trump is leading the betting odds pool 61.3 to 37.7. Trump has a few commanding early voting leads in some extremely pivotal swing districts and states, including in Nevada,

One Week Remains: Trump Slightly Ahead in Swing States,” Jonathan Draeger revealed for Real Clear Polling on Tuesday. “With one week left until Election Day, the polls are unlikely to shift significantly unless there is a last-minute surprise. While Donald Trump still holds consistent leads in polls, his win is not guaranteed, as his edge falls within the historical margin of error in most swing states.”

On the other hand, though there are some encouraging signs for the Harris campaign, Democrats are alarmed and growing more so by the day.

Democrats alarmed Harris’s economic message isn’t breaking through,” Alexander Bolton fretted for The Hill this week. “Democrats are frustrated Vice…

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