Sorry, today's post is rather meager. Yesterday, after it was too late to hand the reins over to (V) on an emergency basis, (Z) joined the COVID club for the first time. Fortunately, yesterday we had a long piece on the debate, in case you missed it.

Tonight's the Night

For the first, and very possible only, time during this campaign, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will be in the same room. Their job will be to "debate." Of course, neither one has any interest whatsoever in debating the issues. Trump wants to demonstrate that Harris is a pinko Commie a few miles to the left of Leon Trotsky. Harris wants to demonstrate that Trump is a doddering old fool who can't feed himself without drooling all over his bib.

The event is being hosted and broadcast by ABC News, though it will be simulcast by CBS News, NBC News, CNN, MSNBC and a number of other outlets. It will also be streamed on a bunch of platforms. The ABC News stream will be here.

As promised, we have put together our little bits of fun. If you would like to play bingo with friends and family, here are some bingo cards. Alternatively, if you'd like to participate in our "for everyone" game, the link is here.

Also, there's this, from reader B.J. in Arlington, MA:

I created the Electoral Vote space on Slack shortly before the June 2024 debate. 254 people joined and we had a... "lively" isn't the right word(*)... discussion during and after the debate. A smaller group of regulars have ongoing discussions in the #general channel about news of the day or whatever else we feel like. You can join the Slack with this link: https://join.slack.com/t/electoralvote/shared_invite/zt-2qhapnfkw-j_VITO6lA9LsFCqkn9YfKw. All new members will be added to the #general channel and also the #debate-september2024 channel I just created. Privacy note: Everyone is welcome to use whatever name they want in Slack, but I recommend initials and location as we do here so we know "who" we are talking to. The e-mail address you sign up with is hidden from everyone in Slack except the admin. I am the admin. I will not use or share the e-mail addresses. * - "Morose" is a more accurate word, but at least we had people to share our pain with.

And there you have it. The fun starts tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET. (Z)

Today's Presidential Polls

As compensation for not much text, boy do we have polls today! Multiple pollsters (or their sponsors) thought it would be good to have a baseline before the debate so they can poll again in a few days and see if the debate made a difference. We thoroughly applaud this. Maybe the moderators will even ask Trump about the polls. If they prove correct, Harris can win even without Georgia and Arizona, which Biden won in 2020. North Carolina is surely worrisome to Trump. If Harris loses Pennsylvania, she can make up for it with North Carolina plus Nevada. (V)

State	Kamala Harris	Donald Trump	Start	End	Pollster
Arizona	47%	49%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Colorado	55%	40%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Florida	47%	49%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Georgia	45%	47%	Sep 05	Sep 06	Florida Atlantic U.
Georgia	46%	49%	Sep 04	Sep 08	Quinnipiac U.
Georgia	48%	48%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Maryland	62%	34%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Michigan	49%	46%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Minnesota	51%	44%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
North Carolina	47%	48%	Sep 05	Sep 06	Florida Atlantic U.
North Carolina	48%	48%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
North Carolina	49%	46%	Sep 04	Sep 07	SurveyUSA
North Carolina	50%	47%	Sep 04	Sep 08	Quinnipiac U.
Nevada	48%	48%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Ohio	44%	52%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Pennsylvania	49%	46%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Texas	43%	52%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Virginia	52%	42%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Wisconsin	49%	46%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult

Click on a state name for a graph of its polling history.

Today's Senate Polls

The Senate map seems stable. It's probably all going to come down to Montana. Poor Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT). The fate of the nation rests on him beating a flying fireman from Minnesota in a blood-red state. (V)

State	Democrat	D %	Republican	R %	Start	End	Pollster
Arizona	Ruben Gallego	49%	Kari Lake	41%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Florida	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	42%	Rick Scott*	47%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Maryland	Angela Alsobrooks	48%	Larry Hogan	43%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Michigan	Elissa Slotkin	48%	Mike Rogers	41%	Sep 03	Sep 06	YouGov
Michigan	Elissa Slotkin	49%	Mike Rogers	40%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Nevada	Jacky Rosen*	50%	Sam Brown	40%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Ohio	Sherrod Brown*	46%	Bernie Moreno	43%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Pennsylvania	Bob Casey*	48%	David McCormick	41%	Sep 03	Sep 06	YouGov
Pennsylvania	Bob Casey*	49%	David McCormick	40%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Texas	Colin Allred	42%	Ted Cruz*	47%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Wisconsin	Tammy Baldwin*	49%	Eric Hovde	42%	Aug 30	Sep 08	Morning Consult
Wisconsin	Tammy Baldwin*	51%	Eric Hovde	43%	Sep 03	Sep 06	YouGov

* Denotes incumbent

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