Election 2024 live updates: Latest battleground polls show Harris and Trump neck-and-neck on election eve
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their final pitches to voters in the key battleground states on final day of campaigning
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their final pitches to voters on Monday, the last full day of campaigning before Election Day dawns.
Trump is on stage in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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.
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.
Barron Trump, his bestie Bo and the bro podcasters: The unofficial Gen Z Trump campaign recruits
Trump jokes assassin would have to shoot journalists as Pennsylvania rally goes off the rails
Trump says he should never have left the White House in 2020
Trump moans he ‘doesn’t look good’ behind glass designed to protect him from assassination
SNL’s Kamala Harris cameo might have violated fairness rules
Full story: Harris pokes fun at Trump as she makes surprise ‘Saturday Night Live’ appearance
Kamala Harris poked fun at Donald Trump as she made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live with just days left before America goes to the polls.
The vice president, who has been played on the 50th season of the comedy show by Maya Rudolph, flew to New York City after a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina.
It was the final episode of the show before Tuesday’s pivotal Election Day.
Graeme Massie reports.
Harris mocks Trump as she makes surprise Saturday Night Live appearance
The vice president, who has been played on the 50th season of the comedy show by Maya Rudolph, flew to New York City after a campaign event in North Carolina
Herschel Walker is telling Georgia residents to vote for Trump
Hershel Walker made an appearance at a Trump rally in Macon, Georgia on Sunday night.
“It stops on Tuesday when we vote for my friend and your friend Donald Trump Jr,” Walker, a former NFL player and US Senate candidate for Georgia, told the crowd.
Trump moans he ‘doesn’t look good’ behind glass designed to protect him from assassination
Donald Trump complained to his supporters that he “doesn’t look good” behind ballistic glass designed to keep him safe from another assassination attempt.
The former president grumbled about the protective glass as he rallied in Pennsylvania with just days left before America goes to the polls.
Since an assassin tried to kill him in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, the Secret Service has made Trump conduct outdoor campaign rallies behind the protective glass.
Read more by Graeme Massie
Trump moans he ‘doesn’t look good’ behind glass designed to protect him
The former president grumbled about the protective glass as he rallied in Pennsylvania with just days left before election
Can Democrats finally pull off a win in North Carolina?
Eric Garcia reports for The Independent from Charlotte, North Carolina:
As Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, North Carolina, women in line lamented that they had missed her speech starting. Just hours ago, just a few miles away, supporters began leaving the Gastonia Municipal Airport minutes after former president Donald Trump began to speak.
Continue reading...
Kamala Harris makes a play in a North Carolina. Can Democrats finally pull off a win?
Harris made a last-minute play for North Carolina despite the fact it has eluded Democrats for 16 years. Eric Garcia reports from Charlotte
Trump says he should never have left the White House in 2020
Donald Trump said he “shouldn’t have left” the White House after losing the election in 2020 as he appeared to veer off-script at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Trump targeted the swing states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia on Sunday and made the remarks at his first rally of three in the borough of Lititz.
Much of the speech was spent repeating unfounded claims of voter fraud and election interference, as he did in 2020. “I shouldn’t have left, I mean, honestly,” he told the rally.
Read more by Rhian Lubin
Trump says he should never have left the White House in 2020
Much of the speech in Lititz, Pennsylvania was spent repeating unfounded claims of voter fraud and election interference
Trump said RFK Jr’s plan to remove fluoride from drinking water ‘sounds OK to me’
Trump said Robert F Kennedy Jr’s proposal to remove fluoride from drinking water “sounds OK to me.”
RFK Jr posted on X yesterday: “On January 20, the Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water. Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease.”
When asked about the plans by NBC, Trump said: “Well, I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but it sounds okay to me.”
“You know, it’s possible,” he added.
Trump wraps up in North Carolina as Harris touches down in Lansing, Michigan
Trump has just finished his second rally of the day while Harris has just touched down in Lansing, Michigan.
He spoke for just over an hour in Kinston, North Carolina.
The former president has one more rally to go in Georgia this evening.
Trump supporters seen leaving early
Supporters have been seen leaving Trump’s Kinston rally five minutes into his speech, ABC’s Lalee Ibssa reports.
Some Trump fans said they had been there “for hours” and had “other commitments” to get to after Trump turned up two hours late to his second rally of the day.
The former president has claimed multiple times “nobody leaves his rallies early.”
Harris campaign says Trump sounds ‘exhausted, hoarse, and depressed'
The Harris campaign says Trump sounds “exhausted, hoarse, and depressed” at his rally in Kinston, North Carolina.
Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments