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These states suffer from the weakest job recovery as election approaches

TipRanks 3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks Offering at Least 8%; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ America goes to the polls on Tuesday (well, actually, America has been early voting for a few weeks, now), and while Democrat Joe Biden has a solid lead in the polls, there is some of evidence that President Trump may still win a second term. Finally, with all of the early voting, mass absentee ballots, and possible extended counting deadlines, we might not know on Tuesday night who the winner is.It’s a… Source link

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Experts warn of violence from QAnon around the election

On Oct. 17, roughly 100 people reportedly gathered in a conference room at a resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., for Q Con Live, an all-day event featuring speeches from some of the most prominent disciples of the QAnon movement.  Among the conference’s “all-star lineup” of speakers was Alan Hostetter, a retired police officer turned yoga instructor who has become a key figure in California’s anti-lockdown movement, which emerged this spring in opposition to state and local… Source link

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Election 2020: Google searches reveal Americans’ top concerns

The 2020 election is different from those that have come before in many ways, including the ways in which we’re Googling. Waves of Interest, a new collaboration between Google News Initiative and information design firm Truth & Beauty, looks at how Americans’ internet searches have changed over the course of five presidential election years, from 2004 to 2020. The series of interactive data visualizations looks at the relative popularity of a range of popular political concepts,… Source link

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Google is partnering with the Associated Press for election results

Google is partnering with the Associated Press to provide authoritative results for next week’s election alongside other voting-related features. Searching for election results will bring up a dedicated feature with up-to-date information, either on the web or through Google Assistant on smart speakers. This is the latest of several attempts to prepare for a potentially chaotic voting and vote-counting process. Google announced last month that it would ban US election-related ads after… Source link

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Stocks will do better if Trump wins the election, according to this new data

If you own stocks, hope for a come-from-behind win for sitting president Donald J. Trump on Election Day. Or so says the number crunchers at LPL Financial. Since 1950, the S&P 500 has added an average of 9.6% in the year after a president wins re-election. For instance, LPL Financial points to the re-elections of presidents Ronald Regan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama as being particularly bullish for equities — stocks after each re-election rose close to 30%. The opposite has tended to happen… Source link

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Less than a third of U.S. voters plan to cast their ballots in person on Election Day

Globe Newswire The sustainable aviation fuel market is projected to grow from estimated USD 66 million in 2020 to USD 15,307 million by 2030, at a CAGR of 72.4% during the forecast period. This growth can be attributed to factors, such as increasing need for reduction in GHG emissions in aviation industry, increasing air passenger traffic, high fuel efficiency of renewable jet fuel.New York, Oct. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report “Sustainable… Source link

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Less than a third of U.S. voters plan to cast their ballots in person on Election Day

Less than a third of U.S. voters say they will cast their ballots in person on Election Day, the lowest  percentage in American history, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows. Nearly two-thirds plan to vote early — or already have voted. According to the survey of 1,583 registered voters conducted Oct. 16-18, just 31 percent of respondents said they plan to vote in person on Nov. 3 — about half the number who voted in person four years ago — while 42 percent planned to vote by mail or… Source link

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Gov. Hogan condemns Trump’s ‘outrageous’ tweet calling for election delay

During an interview with Yahoo News on Thursday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan condemned President Trump for his “outrageous” assertion that the November presidential election should be delayed. Hogan, a Republican who has been hailed for his early and aggressive response to the coronavirus, made the comments during a wide-ranging interview with Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast. “I never cease to be amazed by things the president tweets, but even that one took me by surprise,”… Source link

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Trump floats unprecedented idea of delaying election, which he cannot do

President Trump on Thursday suggested the implausible scenario of delaying the 2020 election, which would take an act of Congress.  Trump raised the audacious idea while continuing his all-out campaign against mail-in voting. He sought to contrast mail-in voting with “good” absentee voting, even though they are the same thing in most states.   “With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history,”… Source link

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Jared Kushner has reportedly refused to aid the House GOP’s election wing

The House GOP is on the outside looking in, and it doesn’t look like the Trump re-election campaign or the Republican National Committee are planning to help out despite their deep pockets, The Washington Post reports. Some Trump officials reportedly consider donating to the House a wasteful investment since it seems unlikely the party will be able to regain the majority in the lower chamber of Congress. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has apparently specifically asked… Source link

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