The election in the United States

The election in the United States|The electoral movement
Campaign manager quits after gubernatorial scandal

Several employees of scandal-ridden Republican Mark Robinson's gubernatorial campaign in North Carolina have resigned this weekend, US media reports. In total, it will be about eight employees, including the campaign manager, the deputy campaign manager, the finance manager and a senior adviser.

Last week, CNN revealed that Robinson made a series of racist posts on a porn forum between 2008 and 2012, including referring to himself as a "black Nazi." The news sent a shock wave through Republicans, but Robinson himself denies that the posts were written by him.

In its statement, the campaign did not comment on whether the defections were related to CNN's disclosure, but only thanked them for the efforts made.

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Analysis: Political stalemate - anyone can win

Despite wild weeks and hard campaigning from both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, we still find ourselves in the same situation – in a stalemate, writes CNN's Stephen Collinson in an analysis.

The extremely even state of opinion means that the election will be decided in the wave master states - or by the substantive issues that voters currently think are most important, he believes: inflation, the economy, the border, crime.

Harris' tactic of promising his "economic vision" this week indicates how important that particular issue is - not least because voters' frustration favors Trump. Senator Lindsey Graham summed up the situation very well, he writes, “on the issues that matter most to the American people, Trump is winning by far. In a direct duel, he does not”.

Politico's Steven Shepard writes that even though Harris won the debate, it is barely noticeable in the polls. And looking at just the seven wave-master states, Harris' lead remains remarkably small and fragile, he writes.

"Especially given how opinion polls underestimated Trump's recent election."

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The election in the United States|The state of public opinion
Measurement: Trump ahead in key states

Donald Trump has a slight lead in the key swing states of Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina, a new New York Times/Siena College poll shows.

In Arizona, Trump leads by 5 percentage points over Harris and in Georgia by 4 percentage points, the poll shows. He lost both states to Biden in the 2020 election.

In North Carolina, Trump leads by 2 percentage points. The state has not voted for Democrats since 2008.