Explainers – Digby's Hullabaloo

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If you’re in the mood for a breathless summary of superconmisogynisticextrabragadocious Trumpy lowlights, Seth Meyers has you covered. Bookmark it for Thanksgiving.

And this is your guy, huh? Thank you Seth Meyers pic.twitter.com/fEcnAMuJBa
— Deb 🌻 🟧 (@DontCallMeDebby) September 13, 2024

This Zak Kimball guy has a set of explainers on his TikTok page, but this one answers The Donald’s debate challenge to Vice President Kamala Harris about why she hasn’t accomplished the things she proposes in 3-1/2 years in that office. For the civics-challenged.

Why hasn't Kamala Harris already done as VP what she's promising to do as president? Here's your answer motherfuckers. 🙌🙏👏👊🌊🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/GWHHXAfs62
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) September 13, 2024

Tom Bonier explains why the polls are so screwed up and why they now overestimate Repunblicans’ support.

Bonier: There’s this notion that polls underestimated Republicans, but in the end, what happened in 2022 is that polls overestimated Republican support. Since the Dobbs decision, we’ve seen a continued track record of Republicans underperforming—underperforming previous… pic.twitter.com/n766Qe4QAf
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 13, 2024

And for those of you paying attention, voter registration has been way up since Biden handed Harris the baton.

We now have post 7/21 registration updates for every battleground state. All percentages are increases relative to the same week in 2020:

22% overall
34% women
50% under 30
56% modeled Dems
58% Black
125% Black women under 30
— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) September 14, 2024

Voter registration has been spiked insanely since Harris trounced Trump in the debate and Taylor Swift’s endorsement.

And here's an update… the increased interest in registration continues post-debate/Swift endorsement. https://t.co/RPKGi90rsO pic.twitter.com/CyBrzQ0Kqw
— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) September 12, 2024

Following Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala Harris, there has been a "400% or 500% increase" in voter registration — between 9,000-10,000 people per hour, according to data firm TargetSmart.

"It's really unlike anything I've seen," says TargetSmart senior adviser Tom Bonier. pic.twitter.com/4wC4ejdfaX
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 12, 2024

Enjoy.

Update: Knew Rosenberg had these but could not find them earlier