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Midterms test confidence as Trump, Newsom and Harris hit the trail

Pew puts confidence that the midterms will be fair and accurate at fifty-five percent, down from eighty-one in twenty twenty-two; the hangar, at least, held.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMidterm elections are tomorrow, Tuesday, November third, and NPR says some part of the country will have its political confidence tested in the days and weeks ahead.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPew has confidence that the midterms will be fair and accurate at fifty-five percent. It was eighty-one percent in twenty twenty-two.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFifty-five is still more than half, Dale. That's a passing grade in some of the classes I took.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOnly twenty-three percent told Yahoo and YouGov they're confident it won't be rigged. So three in four are bracing for something.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd in Los Angeles, Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris appeared together for the first time this year to back Xavier Becerra.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSeveral hundred people showed up.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo possible presidential candidates on one stage, and the Times headline says there's little hint of what's to come. Not a hint.

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo who's the rally for, the candidate or the next one?

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBoth Californians show up Tuesday. I bet fifty-five percent of them think it counts.

  10. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPolls say Democrats lead the generic ballot by nearly nine points, on average. That's Yahoo's average.

  11. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAt least the hangar was confirmed. Twice.

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