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In today’s edition, political reporter Alan Smith and senior White House correspondent Peter Nicholas empty out their notebooks after spending the past two weeks on the ground in battleground Pennsylvania. Plus, senior political editor Mark Murray breaks down NBC News’ final polls before the election.
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During the final sprint in the biggest battleground state on the map
Written by Alan Smith and Peter Nicholas
PITTSBURGH — No state has played a bigger role in the upcoming presidential election than Pennsylvania.
It is the backdrop for more Donald Trump and Kamala Harris activities than any other state, and it is also where the most spending for both candidates takes place. This is where Trump almost got killed over the summer, only to make a triumphant return a few months later. This is where he was served fries during a photo shoot at McDonald’s and where he danced for almost 40 minutes in front of the camera during a rally that turned into an impromptu music listening session.
This is where Ms. Harris announced her running mate, her economic platform, and made a series of appeals to disaffected Republicans.
This is where Harris and Trump held their only debate. It serves as the proverbial red carpet for prominent surrogate mothers.
And in the final two weeks of the campaign, both candidates and their running mate held 16 events in Pennsylvania, including Monday, which was part of Harris and Trump’s final campaign rally. .
To get a sense of life in this pivotal battleground state in the final stages of the campaign, NBC News spent two weeks crisscrossing Pennsylvania, speaking with more than 20 voters, officials and operatives involved in the campaign. I did.
As it stands, most supporters of either side do not express overly confidence that their team will emerge victorious. Polls in the state show an incredibly close race, mirroring the results of the past two presidential elections. As you drive through Pennsylvania, you notice that the battleground state is made up of swing streets, along which neighbors hang signs of opposing candidates next to each other. In some cases, swing families also exist, where talking about politics is prohibited.
Jennifer Mann, a Trump supporter from Phillipsburg who attended the former president’s rally in State College late last month, said everyone here has friends and family close to her who have different opinions on who should win. He said there was.
“So it’s a really troubling situation,” she said, adding that such political conversations “usually don’t happen because they pose a lot of risks.”
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🗺️ Elsewhere on the battleground map: Natasha Korecki and Garrett Haak report Trump campaign remains worried about Trump’s prospects in North Carolina, a state he carried in the past two elections are. Read more →
NBC News poll highlights America’s divisions on eve of election
Written by Mark Murray
Final polls, including NBC News’ national poll, do not tell us who will win the presidential election. But they make one thing clear. That means the country remains deeply divided on the eve of the election.
That’s clear from our poll’s deadlock of 49% to 49% among registered voters between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, as well as other polls’ margin of error findings.
That’s because of the NBC News poll’s huge gender gap (Harris leads by 16 points among women, Trump by 18 points among men) and the deep urban-rural divide (Harris leads by 22 points among urban voters). , Mr. Trump leads in rural areas). (a 33-point difference among white voters), and fault lines by education (Harris leads by 12 points among white voters with a college degree; Trump leads by 30 points among white voters with a college degree).
This is clear from how each side views the opposing force. While 93% of Democratic voters have a negative view, only 4% have a positive view of President Trump (-89 online rating). Additionally, 5% of Republican voters have a positive view of Harris, while 92% have a negative view (-87 online rating).
“We’ve become even more divided, and we’re in a bind,” said Bill McInturff, a pollster on the Republican side of the bipartisan duo that conducts the NBC News poll. “Both sides are locked down to the extreme and are not making the slightest movement.”
And this division rears its ugly head in one of the poll’s final questions: Do you think the election of the next president will bring the country more together or do you think it will remain divided?
28% of voters said they were more united, while 60% said they were more divided.
📊 NBC News Poll Details: After months of close polling and years of intense polarization, it’s clearer than ever. Who wins an election can result from small differences in who votes and who stays home. Read more →
📊 More from the NBC News poll: Beneath the surface of the close race, a small number of voters who have wavered between Harris and Trump in recent weeks are worried about the lesser of two evils that could swing the election. It shows the way of thinking. Read more →
🗞️ Today’s Top News
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