Kamala Harris and Donald Trump crisscrossed the United States on Saturday as both candidates look to rally support in the final weekend before the Nov. 5 presidential election. Both candidates started the day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with Democratic candidate Harris heading to Atlanta and then Charlotte, North Carolina. Republican candidate Trump also visited North Carolina before heading to a rally in Virginia. Some 70 million Americans have already voted in the historic US presidential election, which concludes on Tuesday, and what the early voting trends mean as Trump and Harris prepare for the final showdown. There is a fierce debate surrounding this.
A poll conducted Saturday by the Des Moines Register and Mediacom in Iowa found Ms. Harris surprisingly leading Mr. Trump among voters, 47% to 44%. However, opinion polls remain largely deadlocked. The Guardian’s Robert Tait writes that some experts believe such a close race is unlikely. Josh Clinton, a political science professor at Vanderbilt University, and John Lapinski, NBC’s campaign manager, wrote on the network’s website: The number of votes received and other factors may have flattened the differences and reduced the dispersion of reported poll results… The average suggests that there is an increasing possibility that very close stories may differ unexpectedly. ”
Here’s what else happened Saturday.
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Harris made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live, playing a role that was a mirror image of Maya Rudolph’s version. “It’s nice to meet you Kamala,” Harris said to Rudolph. In unison, the two said that supporters need to “keep Kamala and Carry On Ala” and declared that they share “belief in America’s promise” with each other, adding, “Because it’s Saturday night. Broadcast live from New York!”
In Atlanta on Saturday, Harris drew a contrast between her work as a prosecutor and the “vengeance-obsessed and disaffected” Trump campaign. “In 90 days, it’s going to be either him or me in the Oval Office,” Harris said. The vice president filled the Atlanta Civic Center and attracted thousands of people with little attention to Georgia, a key battleground state won by Joe Biden in 2020.
Elsewhere in the campaign
Americans took to the streets in cities across the country for day-long Women’s Marches. The 8th annual rally, which began the day after President Trump took office in 2017, had marches planned in all 50 states.
Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may take some control over U.S. health and food safety in the second Trump administration, according to a report Saturday. President Kennedy said in a social media post that he would remove fluoride from all public waters.
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