Election 2024 live updates: Trump and Harris tied in latest national polls; Harris to host star-studded Georgia rally

A polling firm has revealed that more than half of registered voters view Republicans’ anti-trans ads as “mean-spirited.”

54 percent of voters agree with the statement that attack ads on transgender people have “gotten mean-spirited and out of hand,” according to polling data released Thursday by left-leaning Data for Progress. 31 percent of Republicans also agreed with the statement, according to the poll.

Another 80 percent of likely voters said they “strongly” or “somewhat” agree both political parties should “spend less time talking about transgender issues and more time talking about voters’ priority issues like the economy and inflation.”

Katie Hawkinson has the details.

Parker, 59, posted an image of herself holding up a “Harris/Walz” placard on Instagram.

In the caption, she listed 31 reasons why she intends to vote for the Democratic candidates. The post already has just under 340,000 likes.

Here’s Kevin E G Perry’s report.

Georgia’s secretary of state says more than 2.125 million people have voted early in the state, as of this afternoon.

On day ten of Early Voting in previous years, 730,706 (2018), 1,328,199 (2020), and 1,139,770 (2022) voters had turned out for in-person Early Voting.

“Georgia voters know we’ve made it easy to cast a ballot. It’s really that simple,” said Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

“Over the past four years we’ve worked tirelessly to prepare for this election by adding Early Voting days and investing in infrastructure, only to be rewarded with the lies of Jim Crow 2.0 and a missed All-Star Game. We’re battled tested and ready, despite the critics.”

Singer James Taylor will join vice presidential nominee Tim Walz on the campaign trail in Wilmington, North Carolina this evening, NBC News reports.

Taylor, a North Carolina-native, has endorsed the Kamala Harris and Tim Walz ticket.

Here’s Ariana Baio’s report on this unsettling visual.

Former Trump staffer Anthony Scaramucci tells Dean Obdeidallah why he doesn’t think that Donald Trump would incite violence if he loses the 2024 election.

The billionaire Warren Buffet has finally revealed his endorsement decision for next month’s election – but it’s not the one many would have guessed.

Madeline Sherratt has the story.

Kamala Harris hailed new endorsements from Republican Party leaders while speaking to the press this lunchtime: “I’m proud to announce that we’ve had some endorsements this morning…Two leaders of the Republican Party…The Mayor of Waukesha and former Representative Fred Upton.”

She also reiterated the claim that Donald Trump is “exhausted”, adding “the sad part about that is he’s trying to be President of the United States”.