Wake up, geniuses! I'm giving you the truth. It's a trap. You need to get away from your desk.

Run, jump, roll escape. Whatever, I don't care. move for your mind.

Essex, sound mind, sound body.

She had a lot to cover. A lot to cover.

I think the early voting segment might be shorter than...

than we imagine.

I have a sneaking suspicion Mary and I are going to be in agreement on this. Hello and

538 politics podcast I'm Gailin Truc and in some ways the election is already upon us.

Last Friday early in-person voting began in Virginia, and Minnesota and South Dakota began accepting

absentee ballots in-person as well.

As more states begin voting, we're going to get data about who is casting ballots and some might use that as an

indicator of who will win the election but is that a good or bad use of poll

data we're glad you asked we're going to get into it. Also with six

weeks left on the clock we've been getting firehosed with new polling and

frankly some conflicting polling as well. Last week a New York Times

stand at college poll showed the race tied nationally and at the same time

showed Harris leading by four points in Pennsylvania. This weekend

Harris got one of her best recent national polls, a five-point lead, according to NBC, and then Monday morning, the New York Times showed Trump up by between three and five points across the Sunbelt.

Dizzy yet, don't worry, we will make it make sense.

And yes, we are also going to talk about what Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson's

alleged nasty online behavior means for the race in North Carolina.

And if that wasn't enough, we are also launching our Senate polling averages this week.

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