Vice President Debate
Vice President hopefuls Republican candidate JD Vance and Democratic candidate Tim Walz will face off in a debate on October 1, 2024 in New York City, hosted by CBS News.
The debate will be 90 minutes long, and political analysts are already predicting that what normally would be a debate with lower viewership could have a major impact on the election.
In order to prepare for the debate, Vance has been working with Congressman Tom Emmer, while Walz has been preparing with Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation, reports CBS News. Both Emmer and Buttigieg have strong backgrounds in public speaking, both on the Senate floor and in media interviews.
The debate will air at 9:00 p.m. on CBS News.
Tight President Race: Reading the Polls
Despite the recent presidential debate, polls show that presidential nominees former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are still in a tight race, with polls showing no clear lead in either direction.
According to a recent New York Times/Siena College poll, as of September 23, Trump held a slight lead in swing states North Carolina, Georgia, and Arizona. These three states are one of seven swing states that could determine the outcome of the election, according to Reuters.
Nate Cohn’s, the New York Times chief political analyst, states,“Everything is so close that even though things are really stable, even the tiniest movement is sufficient to change the whole outcome.”
With only 6 weeks until Election Day, the race is too close to call.
Fake News: More on Springfield Ohio’s Haitian Immigrants
Misleading claims started making waves on social media on September 15, 2024, that tied former President Donald Trump to Haitian migration to Springfield, Ohio.
The post, which read “Haitian migrants began arriving in Springfield in 2018 when Trump was President,” was made on Threads in response to a JD Vance X post about Kamala Harris’ ties to Haitian migration to the city. This is all in response to Trump’s erroneous comment during the September 10 presidential debate where he stated that Haitian immigrants were eating the community’s pets.
However, USA Today reports that the post is false, and the former president actually attempted to end a national program that allowed Haitian immigrants to live and work in the country. Additionally, the Haitian population grew in Springfield due to the city looking to bring in new workers after their population started to decline.
