I thought about holding off for a couple of days and sharing these data points as part of a broader discussion, but they are so interesting and uplifting that I’m spotlighting them now. I’m not talking about the overall polling by New York Times/Sienna College that currently has Kamala Harris edging out Donald Trump 49 to 46 percent nationally—which is a positive shift but still too nail-bitingly tight for comfort. Rather, I’m focused on some of the underlying indicators in this survey conducted between Sept. 29 and Oct. 6 that illustrate voters’ moods and attitudes.

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