August 5 , 2024 - With 92 days to go Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump find themselves in essentially a tied race. Latest nationwide polling shows Harris with 49% , Trump at 47% , Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at 2% followed by Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Independent candidate Cornel West both with 0%.

This week on Tuesday August 6 , Harris is expected to name her vice presidential running mate. According to press reports the vice presidential search is down to Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona , Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota.  Harris will name her running mate at a rally on Tuesday in Philadelphia. The new Democratic ticket  will then spend the rest of the week campaigning in the battleground states. 

As we go to press , the worldwide financial markets are being rocked by fears of a recession in the United States. Also two weeks from today on August 19 will be the start of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. 

It will be interesting to see what effect the naming of vice presidential candidate , the tumult in financial markets and the Democratic convention have on the state of the race.