Episode 13: Trump Is A Fascist

And four other reasons Kamala Harris will be the next President of the United States

Kamala Harris campaigning in Wilkes Barre, PA on September 13, 2024. Photo credit: lev radio/Shutterstock.com

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Hey, Neil fans: I’m sorry to say that our favorite historian of gay Republicans is off today, but he’ll be back next week. Meanwhile, you are stuck with me.

We are 10 days out from the election and and I have never seen one so scary close.  Looking at 538.com, I’m seeing:

• Wisconsin, Nevada, Pennsylvania: tied.

• North Carolina, Georgia, and Nevada: Trump +1

• Michigan: Harris +1

However, remember these are polling averages—not hard numbers, or even actual polls in and of themselves. Instead, as I explain in greater length in the video, they are a poll product, the outcome of several recent, reputable polls being smushed together in such a way that they theoretically balance out each others’ sampling errors. For example, a recent Marist poll gave Harris a five-point national lead: nowhere does 538’s averaging technique reflect that lead—in fact, nationally, the site gives her only a 1.4% lead. So obviously, polls are swinging favorably and less favorably for Harris, and it’s hard to know where voters actually are.

But I think Kamala Harris is going to win, and this is why. Here’s a preview of today’s video chat:

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Your hosts:

Claire Potter is a historian of politics and media, a writer, a podcaster, and the sole author and editor of the Political Junkie Substack. Her most recent book is Political Junkies: From Talk Radio to Twitter, How Alternative Media Hooked Us on Politics and Broke Our Democracy (Basic Books, 2020), and she is currently writing a biography of feminist journalist Susan Brownmiller.

Neil J. Young is a historian of religion and politics, a journalist, and a former co-host of the Past Present podcast. His most recent book is Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right (University of Chicago Press, 2024).