On the final day of the campaign before the U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris held dueling rallies in battleground states late into the night and delivered their closing arguments.
Harris was in Pennsylvania, the biggest battleground state and crucial to the Democratic Party. She held her campaign’s final rally on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, made famous by the movie Rocky. Harris, who was introduced by Oprah Winfrey and Lady Gaga, emphasized a message of hope. “We end with the same optimism and energy and joy as we started,” she said. “We have to get to work.”
President Trump struck a darker tone in the state, threatening to impose tariffs on all imports from Mexico unless immigrants are stopped from entering the United States, but celebrates support from podcaster Joe Rogan Although it was temporarily suspended due to Republican candidates also held several hours-long events in North Carolina and Michigan.
Leading forecaster Nate Silver announced his final prediction, saying that Harris won 40,012 times out of 80,000 simulations run using his model, or 50.015%. Polls released Monday showed Harris with a narrow lead in Michigan, but tied with Trump in Pennsylvania and other key battleground states. Trump has held a lead in the gambling market, but that lead is eroding.
Here’s what else happened in the final days of the 2024 campaign.
Donald Trump Presidential Election News and Updates
President Trump held his final campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the same location where he ended his 2016 and 2020 campaigns. “With your vote tomorrow, we can solve every problem facing this country and lead America, and the world, to new heights of glory,” he told the audience.
The former president launched personal attacks on a number of prominent Democratic women in his final days on the campaign trail in North Carolina before moving on to Reading, Pennsylvania, where he painted immigrants as dangerous criminals. “November 5, 2024 will be American Liberation Day,” he said. “And on day one, we will begin the largest criminal deportation program in American history.”
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, President Trump praised Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein as “one of my favorite politicians” and relished the prospect of returning to the White House. . We have been waiting for this for 4 years. ”
President Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, has once again been accused of misogyny after repeatedly calling Kamala Harris “trash” at a campaign rally. The Republican vice presidential nominee compared Harris to trash at a rally in New Hampshire on Sunday, and made similar remarks Monday in Flint, Michigan, and Atlanta, Georgia.
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The vice president started the day in Joe Biden’s childhood hometown of Scranton, imploring supporters to “get this done.” Mr. Biden did not appear with Mr. Harris in Scranton, continuing his campaign efforts to close the gap between him and his former vice presidential nominee.
Harris visited a Puerto Rican restaurant in Reading with members of Congress and reached out to Puerto Ricans and Latinos in Pennsylvania.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gov. Josh Shapiro attend Allentown rally with rapper Fat Joe, criticizing President Trump for his treatment of Puerto Rican and Latino voters: “[If]we don’t make a decision, Latinos… Where is your pride?”
Harris went door-knocking in Reading and held a rally in Pittsburgh with support from pop star Katy Perry. The vice president said it was time to move past the “fear and division” of the past decade, and sought to strike a positive tone by drawing a contrast with Donald Trump without mentioning him by name. “This is a time for a new generation of leadership,” she said.
Harris returned home to the No. 1 Observatory Circle in Washington early Tuesday morning after her final rally in Philadelphia. His communications director told reporters that he plans to call local radio stations in seven battleground states on Tuesday to reach remaining voters.
Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, campaigned throughout his home state before visiting Wisconsin, sounding hopeful: For the next eight years. “I’m going to send a message to Trump tomorrow, whether he likes it or not,” Waltz told supporters after performing with Jon Bon Jovi in Michigan on Monday.
Elsewhere in the campaign
A Pennsylvania judge has rejected a legal challenge to Elon Musk’s $1 million donation, allowing the billionaire’s voter sweepstakes to continue through Tuesday’s presidential election.
Republicans also won a legal battle over voting eligibility after the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day. As legal issues unfold across the country, the Harris campaign told reporters it stands ready to fight any efforts by President Trump to discredit the results.
Campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said the Harris campaign expects “nearly perfect results” in Georgia, North Carolina and Michigan on election night, as well as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona. We expect partial results.
Authorities are beginning to prepare for a worrying escalation of political violence on election day and beyond. More than 20 states have indicated they will deploy National Guard troops to Washington, and election officials in one Nevada county have ordered “panic buttons” at polling places due to a surge in threats, National Guard officials said. He said it has been installed. A group of Democratic secretaries of state asked social media companies how they would curb inflammatory content amid the proliferation of violent threats and disinformation.
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This article was modified on November 5, 2024. A previous version of Nate Silver’s final prediction had Kamala Harris winning 50.15%. The figure published by Silver was 50.015%.
