Donald Trump and Kamala Harris race closest since 1960 and one event could decide it, new forecast reveals

The title betwixt Trump and Harris could beryllium closest predetermination since Kennedy and Nixon successful 1960, forecaster says

The latest prediction exemplary from Decision Desk HQ and The Hill showed it 'as adjacent as' it has been this century, and possibly since Kennedy narrowly hit Nixon 64 years ago.

It intends nan statesmanlike statement connected Tuesday is criticial and has nan imaginable to person a immense effect connected nan result.

The caller forecast comes a time aft historiographer Allan Lichtman, known arsenic nan 'Nostradamus' of predetermination predictions, yet revealed his forecast.

He wished that Kamala Harris has met nan captious objectives for triumph successful his model.

New York Judge Juan Merchan will determine Friday whether to put disconnected scheduled sentencing for Donald Trump successful nan Stormy Daniels hush money case.

Sentencing is scheduled for September 18th, conscionable 2 months earlier predetermination day. Trump’s lawyers want him to postpone it.

The judge, who Trump many times attacked during his trial, has told nan parties he will make his determination connected timing Friday. Trump faces up to 4 years successful prison, though experts foretell nan first-time offender mightiness not get immoderate jailhouse time.

Trump, who scheduled a property convention for Friday, is besides owed successful tribunal successful a abstracted lawsuit wherever his las lawyers are appealing a $5 cardinal judgement against him successful E. Jean Carroll’s defemation case.

Sarah Ewall-Wice, Senior U.S. Political Reporter:

Vice President Kamala Harris' run announced it raised $361 cardinal past month, nan largst rate haul of nan 2024 predetermination truthful far.

The Democratic statesmanlike nominee has now raised much than $615 cardinal since taking complete nan apical of nan summons pinch President Biden's departure from nan title successful precocious July, nan run said.

Harris and moving mate Tim Walz person $404 cardinal successful rate connected manus pinch sixty days to spell earlier Election Day.

The August rate haul came from astir 3 cardinal contributors including 1.3 cardinal 1.3 cardinal donors who made their first aid of nan 2024 rhythm past month. According tot he campaign, of those caller donors, 3 retired of 4 did not lend successful nan 2020 statesmanlike election.

Ninty-five percent of each August donations were nether $200. Among nan apical occupations for contributors were teachers and nurses.

More than 60 percent of donors past period were women and astir 1 successful 5 were registered Republicans aliases Indepedents.

'In conscionable a short time, Vice President Harris’ candidacy has galvanized a history-making, broad, and divers conjugation – pinch nan type of enthusiasm, energy, and grit that wins adjacent elections,' said run head Julie Chavez Rodriquez successful a statement.

The monolithic rate haul came successful nan aforesaid period Harris accepted nan Democratic statesmanlike information astatine nan normal successful Chicago.

Five of nan apical 10 grassroots fundriasing days were past month, and nan 3rd champion time of nan run to day was August 6 erstwhile Harris announced Walz arsenic her moving mate.

By comparison, nan Trump run announced it raised $130 cardinal successful August and ended nan period pinch $295 cardinal rate connected hand. Ninty-eight percent of his run donations past period were nether $200.

Former President Donald Trump is group to look nan media again pinch a Friday day property convention astatine Trump Tower.

It comes a time aft he outlined immoderate of his economical proposals astatine nan Economic Club of New York, including a agelong reply wherever he said he would supply kid care, past explaining that it ‘relatively speaking not very costly compared to nan benignant of numbers we’ll beryllium taking in’ done tariffs.

Trump and moving JD Vance person been hammering Vice President Kamala Harris for not doing much unscripted property conference. She is successful Pittsburgh holding meetings and doing prep successful beforehand of Tuesday’s precocious stakes ABC News statement successful Philadelphia.

Some U.S. voters will get to formed their ballots successful nan 2024 predetermination immoderate time now arsenic nan very first ballots of nan rhythm are group to commencement going retired connected Friday.

The important battleground authorities of North Carolina begins to message its first ballots connected September 6 pinch sixty days to spell earlier Election Day.

It is nan first authorities successful nan state to commencement sending retired ballots arsenic nan run play kicks successful to precocious cogwheel for nan last stretch. More than 132,000 ballots are prepped to spell retired successful nan first round.

It comes arsenic Robert Kennedy Jr. has been attempting to get his sanction removed from nan authorities ballots, but a North Carolina judge rejected nan effort Thursday. However, she did bid predetermination officials not to nonstop retired ballots earlier noon.

Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are looking to unafraid nan cardinal plaything authorities and its sixteen electoral votes while nan Tar Heel State besides has 1 of nan astir contentious politician races of 2024.