With just weeks remaining until the U.S. presidential election, Americans can expect around-the-clock coverage of campaign rallies, endless TV advertisements, and see-sawing poll numbers.

New York Times senior writer David Leonhardt has some advice: “embrace the horserace.”

“It’s essentially 50-50 right now,” he said at a recent event previewing the election hosted by the Jackson School of Global Affairs. “My mind changes by the week as to who I think will win.” Leonhardt, a Senior Fellow at the Jackson School, was joined in conversation by Jim Levinsohn, dean.

Leonhardt—the lead writer of The New York Times’ daily newsletter, The Morning—talked about how the Times has ramped up its election coverage in recent months, introducing a new series called “The Stakes,” which dives deep into key issues that are likely to decide the election and where the candidates stand on them.

The Stakes, Leonhardt explained, has been a key part of the Times’ effort to differentiate the two candidates for undecided voters. But with such disparate candidates, Levinsohn wondered how there could be any undecided voters at this point in the race.

“I think people who are undecided don’t like Donald Trump [as a person] — but they also don’t like what has happened over the last four years,” Leonhardt answered.

Reflecting on results of a recent informal survey of Times readers, Leonhardt said there are concerns that Trump is “erratic,” “unhinged,” and “selfish” but that the economy “went well enough” during his presidency. Kamala Harris, on the other hand, worries readers when it comes to inflation and immigration — and many still don’t have a good understanding of her policy positions due to her truncated campaign.

When asked how the Times balances its critical coverage of the two candidates, Leonhardt was candid about the challenges that journalists face.

“Trump is hard to cover, he’s like nobody else in politics,” said Leonhardt. “I know that at The Times, we are not covering them equally because what Trump is doing is unprecedented. But we also can’t just say bad things about Trump and good things about Harris — that’s not the role of a free press.”