


Kamala Harris moves ahead—just—in our final election forecast
Despite some rosy polls for Ms Harris, Donald Trump may yet win decisively
IN THE FINAL update of The Economist’s statistical forecast of America’s presidential election, Kamala Harris’s chances of winning rose from 50% to 56%. Her newfound lead is small enough that it can barely be called a lead at all, and it would be no surprise if Donald Trump wins by a decisive margin. But Ms Harris is widely seen to have had a stronger week to end the campaign than Mr Trump did, and the last batch of polls to enter our model bears that out.
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