Harris and Trump make final appeals to swing state voters on Election Day eve: Live updates
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will make their final pitches to voters in the key battleground states on final day of campaigning
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Your support makes all the difference.Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will make their final pitch to voters on Monday, the last full day of campaigning before Election Day dawns.
The vice president will be joined by celebrities Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin and The Roots in Philadelphia this evening as Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera support her in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas. Trump, meanwhile, is also concentrating on the pivotal swing state of Pennsylvania, delivering rallies in Reading and Pittsburgh before closing in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
On Sunday, the Republican nominee predicted he would win the vote in a “landslide” but warned that his prospective second term would be “nasty” during a rally in Macon, Georgia.
Trump had already spoken in Kinston, North Carolina, and Lititz, Pennsylvania, causing controversy at the latter event by saying he should never have left the White House after losing to Joe Biden in 2020 and joked about journalists getting shot.
The Harris campaign is meanwhile cheering the news that its candidate has taken a marginal lead in several key swing states in the final New York Times/Siena College poll, making gains in Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Georgia.
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New York Times Editorial Board attacks ‘unfit’ Trump on election eve
Without mentioning Kamala Harris by name, the newspaper’s editorial board comes out strongly against the Republican nominee with the following statement:
“You already know Donald Trump. He is unfit to lead. Watch him. Listen to those who know him best. He tried to subvert an election and remains a threat to democracy. He helped overturn Roe, with terrible consequences. Mr. Trump’s corruption and lawlessness go beyond elections: It’s his whole ethos. He lies without limit. If he’s re-elected, the G.O.P. won’t restrain him. Mr. Trump will use the government to go after opponents. He will pursue a cruel policy of mass deportations. He will wreak havoc on the poor, the middle class and employers. Another Trump term will damage the climate, shatter alliances and strengthen autocrats. Americans should demand better. Vote.”
Given that rival outlets like The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and USA Today have controversially declined to offer an endorsement either way, this is strong stuff from the NYT.
Here’s more.
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Harris leading in four swing states in respected late poll
The Harris campaign is cheering the news that its candidate has taken a marginal lead in several key swing states in the final New York Times/Siena College poll, making gains in Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Georgia.
Harris leads Trump by 49 percent to 46 in Nevada, 48 to 46 in North Carolina, 49 to 47 in Wisconsin and 48 to 47 in Georgia, which means it all remains extremely tight down there.
Trump, meanwhile, is thought to be ahead by 49 to 45 in Arizona and, perhaps most agonisingly of all, the two candidates remain deadlocked in Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Here’s the very latest from Rachel Sharp.
New poll spells hope for Harris as she leads Trump in four key swing states
The poll comes off the back of a shock new survey which found Harris is ahead in Iowa – a state Trump easily won in both 2016 and 2020
Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera among celebrities campaigning for Harris on final day
Having already enlisted the likes of Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Jennifer Lopez and Cardi B to appear at her events, the Harris campaign is going out with a bang on Monday.
Kamala’s final event of the campaign season in Philadelphia tonight will see her joined on stage by Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin, The Roots, Fat Joe, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Cassidy, Jazmine Sullivan and Adam Blackstone but there are plenty of other famous faces coming out to support her today.
In Pittsburgh, Katy Perry, D-Nice and Andra Day will all be performing.
Meanwhile in Harrisburg in the same state, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and legendary actors Robert De Niro and Sam Waterston will take part in a New Way Forward Get-Out-The-Vote rally.
Over in Las Vegas, Christina Aguilera, Los Tigres Del Norte and SOFI TUKKER will take to the stage while actress Eva Longoria will deliver remarks.
Actors and advocates Dulé Hill and Rosario Dawson will likewise launch canvasses across Vegas.
In Detroit, Tim and Gwen Walz will be supported with musical performances by the Detroit Youth Choir, Jon Bon Jovi and The War and Treaty.
And in Atlanta, a huge election eve convert is taking place featuring 2 Chainz, F.L.Y., Joy of Jesse & Joy, Keyshia Cole, KP The Great, Morehouse House of Funk Marching Band, Pastor Troy and Tamar Braxton.
Where are Harris and Trump campaigning on Monday?
This is where the candidates are spending their final hours of the campaign today.
- Kamala Harris will concentrate all of her remaining energies on Pennsylvania, appearing today in Allentown, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, joined by a number of mega-celebrities along the way (more on which in a moment).
- Donald Trump will begin his day with an event in Raleigh, North Carolina, before speaking in Reading and then Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania before capping off with a late evening closer in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Harris’s running mate Tim Walz will start his day in St Paul, Minnesota, before hitting La Crosse, Stevens Point, and Milwaukee in Wisconsin
- Trump’s running mate JD Vance will meanwhile close out his campaign in Flint, Michigan, Atlanta, Georgia, and Newtown, Pennsylvania.
- Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will also be on the trail, delivering remarks at a canvass launch in Greenville, North Carolina, before joining his wife for final two events in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Tired Trump promises ‘landslide’ win but says his second term could get ‘nasty’
Good morning!
Donald Trump completed his third rally in three states on Sunday with an evening event in Macon, Georgia.
The Republican nominee, however, appeared absolutely shattered as he promised a “landslide” win tomorrow night while warning that his belated second term would be “nasty a little bit at times, and maybe at the beginning in particular”.
His audience certainly did not appear to be transfixed.
To an extent, Trump’s weary appearance is understandable in light of the gruelling campaign schedule he has committed to in recent months.
The man is 78, after all, the oldest to run for president in American history.
But given that he has so often attacked his political opponents for being “low energy” in the past, his obvious exhaustion is worthy of note – particularly as he is currently asking the electorate to return him to their highest office for another four years.
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A FCC commissioner has hit out at Harris’s appearance on Saturday Night Live, claiming it violates the “equal time” rule.
The rule says rival candidates should be treated equally by broadcasters when it comes to equal air time.
Commissioner Brendan Carr shared his reaction on X.
Trump accuses his ‘enemies’ of putting out ‘fake’ Iowa poll
Trump has reacted to the Iowa poll which put Kamala Harris three points ahead of him.
He accused his “enemies” of putting out the “fake” poll.
“One of my enemies just puts out a poll… three down,” he said. “I’m not down in Iowa,” he said. “They tell me I’m down in Iowa. I don’t think so.
“And you know, what’s a good poll? Emerson, no friend of mine, they said the poll is wrong.”
Trump is referring to the Des Moines Register newspaper, which released a poll on Saturday that put Harris three points ahead.
The Emerson College poll, meanwhile, gave Trump a ten-point lead in Iowa.
Read our report below for the facts.
Bombshell Iowa poll puts Harris ahead of Trump in state he won twice
The Trump campaign has branded the respected Selzer poll for the Des Moins Register an “outlier” after it showed Harris leapfrog the former president in a dramatic turnaround
Trump segues from Harris debate to crowd sizes
Trump has segued from complaining about the September 10 debate with Kamala Harris, to criticizing the gaps in the bulletproof glass in front of him, before moving on to discussing crowd sizes at his rallies.
“My debates never have an empty seat,” Trump said. “And nobody ever leaves early. Nobody has ever left early.”
In pictures: Harris speaks to diners at chicken & waffles restaurant
Harris has been speaking to diners at Kuzzo’s Chicken & Waffles restaurant in Detroit, Michigan.
ICYMI: Round up of Trump’s first rally speech
While we’re waiting for Trump’s second rally of the day to begin in Kinston, North Carolina, here’s a reminder of what he said if you didn’t catch the first one in Pennsylvania.
During a two-hour address on his first stop of the day in the borough of Lititz, Trump gave a profane and conspiracy-laden speech in which he mused about reporters being shot and labeled Democrats as “demonic.”
Noting the ballistic glass placed in front of him at events after a gunman nearly assassinated him at a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump talked about places where he saw openings.
Trump also referred to John Bolton, his former national security adviser and now a strident critic, as a “dumb son of a b****.” And he repeated familiar and debunked theories about voter fraud, alleging that Democrats could only win by cheating.
“It’s a crooked country,” Trump said. “And we’re going to make it straight. We’re going to make it straight.”
Read the full report.
Trump rails against ‘crooked’ country and ‘demonic’ Democrats on final Sunday of race
Trump railed against the media, made false claims of election fraud and berated his enemies at his first stop of the day
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