Only 15 days separates us from election day ... as early voting continues across the country. In swing state Pennsylvania alone, over 1-million people have already voted!

Thanks for counting down with us on Countdown 2024 ... on today's show: We'll talk with the vice chair of the Federal Election Commission about what will easily be the most expensive election cycle in this country's history. And we'll hear from the Democratic challenger hoping to knock Republican Mike Garcia out of his Congressional seat ... and aiming to knock the GOP out of power in the House.

Just 18 days to go until election day ... it's estimated that over 10-million Americans have already voted, so the 2024 election is already well underway.

On this Friday edition of Countdown 2024: Margaret Brennan ... host of Face the Nation on CBS News and one of the best political reporters in the business ... helps us handicap the homestretch of the campaign. And we'll hear from Dave Min, the man hoping to keep Katie Porter's House seat in Democratic hands.

A mere 19 days separates us from election day in America ... as early voting continues with significant early turnout across the country. Thank you for counting down with us!

On today's Countdown 2024: For generations there were two groups of voters that Democrats could count on to be firmly in their camp: working class Americans without college degrees ... and Black Americans. But, more Black voters than ever before seem to be giving Republicans a chance. The question is: Why? Also on today's Countdown 2024, we'll examine the so-called diploma divide. Can you tell a person's political preference by whether they have a college degree or not?

Just 20 days to go until polls open across the country ... with early voting well underway in most states! Thanks so much for counting down with us.

On today's Countdown 2024: Republicans are about to make their last stand to keep control of the House of Representatives right here in Southern California ... we'll talk with California's Republican Party chairwoman about those efforts. And we'll hear from the state assemblywoman who is hoping to succeed Adam Schiff in Congress.

A mere 21 days to go until election day ... as we are rounding the bend and entering the campaign homestretch! Thanks for counting down with us.

On today's Countdown 2024: we're closely examining the wheels that turn the country's election process ... starting with the electoral college, which remains one of the most unusual parts of any democracy, anywhere in the world. And later in today's show we're looking at the billions of dollars being raised and spent during the campaign ... asking whether we have the proper safeguards in place to police all of that cash.

There are just 22 days to go until the polls open across the country ... and in fact early voting is already well underway in much of the country! Thank you for counting down the days with us.

On today's Countdown 2024: Is Donald Trump too old to be president? We're going to examine a very sensitive issue ... one that eventually chased Joe Biden out of the campaign. And in the second part of today's show ... can a Republican succeed Adam Schiff in Congress and flip his safe Democratic seat? We'll talk with the man trying to do just that.

25 DAYS to go until the polls open across America and we all get to decide on the 47th president of the United States ... thanks for counting down along with us. Along with Mike Simpson, who's filling in for Charles Feldman.. I'm Margaret Carrero.

On today's Countdown 2024: Is Congresswoman Katie Porter really ready to ride off into political retirement ... after losing in the Senate primary and giving up her Orange County House seat? Or are there bigger things in her future ... we'll put that question to her in just a moment. And the Trump campaign's national spokesperson joins us to preview a big rally tomorrow.

26 DAYS to go before election day ... as the campaign finish line starts to come into view.

On today's Countdown 2024: major reforms for LA County's government will be on the ballot next month ... but let's be honest: most voters probably don't know and don't even much care how LA county government works! That's why we have Supervisor Lindsey Horvath ... chair of the LA County Board of Supervisors ... with us to explain it all.

27 DAYS to go before election day ... thank you for counting them down with us! I'm Margaret Carrero... Sitting in for Charles Feldman today ... our Mike Simpson ... from LA's Morning News.

On today's Countdown 2024: the chief of elections and polling operations for CBS News will take us behind the curtain on covering ... and forecasting ... one of the most unpredictable campaign cycles in American history. And we'll get into one of the most divisive issues of this election: immigration.

28 days to go until election day ... just 28 days to make up your mind on those candidates and initiatives!

On today's Countdown 2024 we're examining yet another conventional wisdom in politics that's been turned on its head in the Trump era: that labor unions always vote Democratic ... which is no longer the case. And at the end of today's show, we'll hear from the Democrat hoping to unseat veteran Republican Congressman Ken Calvert.