Hosted by the American Enterprise institute. Good morning. I would like to welcome all of you to our final preelection panel. We will be back on november 5 midday to look at the results thus far. Today, i am joined by my colleagues. We have a lot of ground to cover and im going to start by asking each of the panelists a few questions. We are going to start today with of a guide to the electoral college. His volume is all you need to understand the complexities of the electoral college. He is also an expert in absentee voting. What percent of the population do you think will vote early or absentee and can you tell us what we are learning from states such as texas . The technical answer is a lot. Many people are going to vote. Many more than ever. A huge increase in voting by mail and early voting in person. We have been seeing a lot more voting in this realm before. We saw 41 of the American People vote i mail or early in person in 2016. The early results are stunning. As states start t
Hosted by the American Enterprise institute, this is an hour, 20 minutes. Good morning everyone. Im a senior fellow at the American Enterprise institute at would like to welcome you to our final preelection election live panel. We will be back november 5 midday to look at the results thus far. Today, i am joined by my yearagues and by john 14 and henry olson of the ethics and public all the see center. We have a lot of ground to cover, and i am going to start by asking each of the panelists a few questions. They promised concise answers so we can move through a lot of material. Let me summarize the polls. Yesterday, President Trump says he wasnt scared auntie criticized the polls once again. Lets look at the poll numbers. Polls seven major conducted since september 15, bided has been at or above 50 in 133. Trump has been at or above 35 in only 41. His reading has barely moved. Ofn for tier is editor after the people vote, a guide to the electoral college, a slim volume that is all you
Each of the panelists a few questions. We are going to start today with of a guide to the electoral college. His volume is all you need to understand the complexities of the electoral college. He is also an expert in absentee voting. What percent of the population do you think will vote early or absentee and can you tell us what we are learning from states such as texas . The technical answer is a lot. Many people are going to vote. Many more than ever. A huge increase in voting by mail and early voting in person. We have been seeing a lot more voting in this realm before. We saw 41 of the American People vote i mail or early in person in 2016. The early results are stunning. As states start to open up, you see enthusiasm go toward early methods of voting. I give credit to a university of florida professor who spent time counting these things. As of today, over 31 million votes have been cast that we know of. There were roughly 56 million of them in 2016. See certainly over 50 of the v
About 2. 4 you are looking at additional declines the dow has improved we were down about 443 now we are indicated down about 366. S p futures indicated down about 32 all major averages saw declines but the dow was the biggest. S p off by 1. 8 . Nasdaq down by just 1 yesterday. A lot of it as we watched oil prices under pressure. Lets check thetreasury market 10year yielding below 0. 6 at 0. 0. 58 . Oil prices yesterday, nobody has ever seen anything like this no. Lead story went to minus 37. 63 a barrel. No place to put it people would like to store it. More people watching june switch over june is not much better obviously. No. I was shocked how much pressure that is under too. Big gain of 80 . Futures, strange things happen not everybody Takes Delivery reflecting the lack of capacity. I think peak oil might have been maybe not a real thing going back we are a wash in oil. Understanding all of the oil not being used crude delivery closed at 18. 27 and went to minus 37. 63 means selle
Milan has seen a slowdown in new cases as wuhan prepares to lift its lockdown. Nejra welcome to daybreak europe. We have a lockdown in the u. K. The wuhan lockdown taken for the First Time Since january 23, and the fed pulls out all the stops, extending its Corporate Lending program. The fiscal stimulus package from the u. S. The movement from the fed brings a little life back to risk assets, some green on the screen in u. S. And european futures. We see gold extending gains. Goldman sachs says theres an Inflection Point after the selloff, and it is time to maybe move into gold. They are talking about the move from the fed easing the liquidity crisis that caused the selloff in the first place. Oil rising as well. The u. K. Is in lockdown after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered sweeping measures to stop people leaving their homes for at least three weeks. Police will break up gatherings and have the power to fine individuals who break the new laws. I must give the british people a ve