The election

Common Dreams - Polling results released Wednesday, less than six weeks away from November's Election Day, show that a majority of Americans want to ditch the Electoral College and "would instead prefer to see the winner of the presidential election be the person who wins the most votes nationally." Pew Research Center surveyed 9,720 adults across the United States in late August and early September, and found that 63% want to abolish the process outlined in the U.S. Constitution and replace it with a popular vote approach, compared with just 35% who favor keeping the current system. 

North Carolina removes 747,000 from voter rolls, citing ineligibility

Axios - Democrats are pouring money into long-shot races in red states in a Hail Mary effort to keep their Senate majority... Dems are doomed if they don't win every single one of the closest races in the country or make up for losses with a shock win elsewhere.

The Cook Political Report says Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is the incumbent most likely to lose. That alone would be enough to give   Republicans a one-seat majority. Democrats are also defending seats in Ohio and Michigan — both rates as toss-ups. Even if Democrats perform exceptionally well — if they win every toss-up and either keep Montana or offset its loss with a pickup in Texas or Florida — that's still only enough for a 50-50 Senate, with a Vice President Walz as a tie-breaker. If he's not the vice president, Dems are out of luck. More

Guardian - Masculinity and people’s views on gender roles may be more important than ever in 2024 – and not just because Harris is the first woman of color to ever secure a major-party nomination for president. The 2022 overturning of Roe v Wade thrust women’s rights to the forefront of the election. Numerous identity-based groups, including White Dudes for Harris, have gathered to drum up enthusiasm. An extreme gender gap has also yawned open among the youngest US voters: having come of age in the era of #MeToo, gen Z women are becoming the most progressive and politically active cohort ever measured – while gen Z men are increasingly apathetic to politics and drifting further to the right.