Why the Right Thinks Trump Is Running Away With the Race NYT | Top Stories By: Ken Bensinger and Kaleigh Rogers 1 November 2024 at 00:52 Skewed polls and anonymous betting markets are building up Republicans’ expectations. Donald Trump could use that to challenge the result. © Doug Mills/The New York TimesFormer President Donald J. Trump at a rally in Greenville, N.C., this month. Partisan polls appear focused on lifting Republican enthusiasm and cementing the idea that Mr. Trump can lose only in a rigged election.