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Voting later this month. It means a good portion of you have made up your mind, but there are some still left deciding out there and we know that because the polling is changing. Harris is inching ahead nationally and in key battlegrounds including Sun Belt states so who are those folks and how much change is still possible in these next furious few weeks . Joining us now at the big board, Nbc News national political correspondent, the one and only, steve kornacki. So where are we today, steve . Look at it from two vantage points. Nationally, this is the average of the national polls coming out of that Labor Day weekend. Harris, 48, trump, 45. Threepoint advantage for the democrats. Theyre happy to be ahead and in a different position than they were when Joe Biden was their candidate. He ....
Within the perfect Indian Summer of new york, we see a nation counting every vote. Is 2. 5 . Within the counting of votes is the new slow bouncing off of this political moment. Ive got eight ways to go in this opening, and i am going to go jon ferro where you have been, which is the renminbi just moving to new strengths moments ago. Jonathan dollar weakness has got to be the story. We talked about this through the morning. The counting continues. This race is too close to call. This market, the event they are anticipating is a Joe Biden White house, and what that means for the economy and these currencies. They are assuming it will mean a weaker dollar, and that is what youve got on the screen, not just against the chinese currency. It is broadbased through the whole of g10. Tom the emotion in the United Kingdom, i saw t ....
On the year did not deliver perfection, so we have the big tech stocks selling off. That is a big market drag. Looking at the worst week going back to march. David but they are not buying bonds. What is that about . Abigail it is interesting they are not buying bonds, they are not looking for that haven hedge against the stock. It tells you may be investors think the text selling will be a oneweek type of thing, although a second week in a row, or it could be to your point from earlier around the fed, the ultimate buyer so it some point the fed will be back in. Not that big of a deal. Harder to look at bonds as a cross asset tell given the fact you do have the fed in their. You have the yield curve steepening. That could cause stocks to get more jumpy. It is healthy to have the yield curve steepening, but it can create gyrations. We have oil lower. Do your point they are selling everything on this friday. Guy thank you so much for that report david site you thank you so much for that r ....
For those not voting this year you can call us at 202 . 488003 we begin with a story from the Associated Press this morning about early voting. A record avalanche of early votes has transformed the 2020 election. You can see pictures of folks voting in durham, North Carolina for the beginning goes like this. More than 22 million americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election. A record shattering avalanche of early votes. The pandemic has transformed the way the nation votes. 22. 2 million, thats as a friday night, ballots submitted, representing 15 of all votes cast in the 2016 election. Even as eight states are not yet reporting their totals and voters still have more than two weeks to cast ballots. Americans rushed to vote, leading that a record of 150 million votes may be cast and turnout rates could be higher than any president ial election since 1908. The sto ....
Candidates, 202 7488922. You can also text us at 202 7488903. Florida, this is susan, a supporter of President Trump caller thank you for taking my call. Yes, i voted for President Trump. I voted for him because of his policies, not because of his personality. Iran. What he did with highlight like what he did with nafta. I liked what he did with nato. I liked his trade agreements. I especially like his peace agreements in the middle east. Biden, i didnt vote for or against him because i voted for someone this time. Joe biden is an empty suit and a trojan horse. The man has trouble with his memory, his family really should be ashamed. But anyway, forget joe biden. Out,er the election turns i will not be marching on washington if my candidate does not get in. Trumpsally did like policies and i hope he continues in a second term if he is given one. And that is really it. Of jo ....