AP-NORC Poll: “When it comes to the candidates themselves, 57% of adults think Donald Trump’s campaign messages are rarely or never based on factual information, and 45% express the same doubts about Kamala Harris’s campaign.” Also alarming: “More Republicans trust Trump and his campaign (67%) than government certifications of election results (51%) for accurate information on the outcome of the November election. In contrast, Democrats show similar levels of trust in government certifications (87%) and Harris and her campaign (82%).”
New York Times: “Public appearances by Mr. Trump throughout this year’s campaign have been an Alice-in-Wonderland trip through the political looking glass, a journey into an alternate reality often belied by actual reality. At its most fundamental, it boils down to this: America was paradise on earth when he was in charge, and now it’s a dystopian hellscape. Nuance, subtlety, precision and ambiguity play no role in the version that Mr. Trump promotes with relentless repetition. And it is a version that has found traction with tens of millions of supporters.” “Truth is not always an abundant resource in the White House under any president, but never has the Oval Office been occupied by someone so detached from verifiable facts. Mr. Trump’s four years in power were a nonstop treadmill for fact-checkers trying to catch up with the latest. His four years since leaving arguably have posed an even bigger challenge as he descended further into conspiracy theories, particularly around election integrity.”