In the ‘laboratory state’ that is the whole of America, Karl Rove, a compassionate conservative, has made a bold statement by saying: ‘I will vote for a Democrat.’ Trump may have pushed his luck too far on the issue of migrants.

The Democratic candidate has dominated television broadcasts and spent $31.5 million on advertising, compared with just $4.7 million spent by the Republicans. The problem is that he must win in a state where the Democrats have not won a state election for three decades and where, in 2024, Trump secured one and a half million more votes than Kamala Harris.