13 Oct 2024

American elections loom large

From Sunday Morning, 10:49 am on 13 October 2024

Twenty-two days to go until Americans vote in an election that's too close to call. Kamala Harris maintains her narrow polls lead, but the theory is that Donald Trump's numbers improve on polling day itself. 

Karen Kasler is the Statehouse Bureau Chief for public radio and television in Ohio, she joins Jim to share an update on the campaigns.

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on July 22, 2024 shows US Vice President Kamala Harris arriving for an event honoring National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship teams from the 2023-2024 season, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on July 22, 2024 and former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump standing on stage after accepting his party's nomination on the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024. Democrats rapidly coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris on July 22, 2024 as she raced to secure the party's nomination to take on Donald Trump in November in the wake of President Joe Biden's sensational exit. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

US Vice President Kamala Harris and former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Photo: Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Patrick T. Fallon / AFP