The weekend’s busy rallies are part of a final, frenzied push by Harris, Trump, their running mates and high-profile supporters to encourage people to vote early or in person on Election Day.
advertisementDemocrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump have focused on the Sun Belt as they embark on a final weekend campaign to sway undecided voters in the battleground state ahead of an extremely tight presidential race. .
Both candidates have offered competing agendas on the economy and other issues, each claiming they are what Americans want.
“We have overcome every attack, every abuse, even two assassination attempts,” Trump said at a rally in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Trump has promised to bring back the “American dream,” claimed suburban Americans were “under attack” by criminals and pledged to deport millions of immigrants if elected.
He warned that if Harris wins, “every town in America will be turned into a dirty, dangerous refugee camp.”
President Trump then headed to Virginia, which is not considered a battleground, but delivered a similar message to supporters, saying there was no way he could lose and that he was “on the verge of the greatest political victory in the history of our country.” “
Trump predicted he would win a majority of the votes nationwide as well as the Electoral College, something he had failed to do in two previous attempts.
“We will win the popular vote,” Trump told the crowd. “I think we have a really good chance to win the popular vote.”
Meanwhile, Harris has been urging her supporters to vote early to ensure she gets elected and provides the “new generation of leadership” she claims to represent.
“I am ready to provide leadership as the next president of the United States,” she said at a rally in the parking lot of the Atlanta Civic Center.
Harris warned her base that Trump would abuse his power if he returned to the White House.
“This is a man who is becoming increasingly unstable, obsessed with revenge, driven by grievances, and he is seeking power beyond his control,” she said.
She also promised affordable housing and health care and promised to protect women’s reproductive rights.
The weekend’s busy rallies are part of a final, frenzied push by Harris, Trump, their running mates and high-profile supporters to encourage people to vote early or in person on Election Day.
Amid fierce competition, Americans’ enthusiasm can be seen in the numbers voting early.
advertisementThe University of Florida’s Election Research Institute estimated that number to be more than 70 million, which far exceeds the number of early voters in 2016 and 2012.
Harris’s campaign had hoped for a “powerful” moment during Sunday’s two-minute broadcast of NFL games on CBS and FOX, including the Green Bay Packers against the Detroit Lions, two swing-state teams.
During the campaign, Harris is shown connecting with people and speaking directly to viewers.
“I ask for your vote because as president, I will wake up every day and fight for the American people,” she said at the end.
advertisementHarris also called her campaign and supporters “the promise of America.”
President Joe Biden, who dropped out of the race over the summer when it became clear he couldn’t win, was doing his part for Democrats by suspending his final campaign stop in 2024.
Biden, who turns 82 this month, struck a nostalgic tone as he tried to win the votes of Harris and running mate Tim Walz at an event held at Carpenter’s Village in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Biden went off script to offer a particularly blunt statement. “I know some of you are tempted to think he’s this macho guy, but I’m serious. These are the kind of people you want to bash,” Trump said after slamming the president and his supporters on policy issues. “It’s the people,” he added. hips.”
advertisementMeanwhile, Trump spoke, as he did at recent rallies, with regret that his final primary after nearly a decade of campaigning was drawing to a close.
“I hope we can meet again many times,” said the former president, who stopped in Salem, Virginia, outside the battleground state, before returning to North Carolina for a late-night rally in Greensboro.
“This was the thrill of a lifetime for me and you.”
Poll Tracking
538, which Euronews, like many other polling organizations, is using for its election data, is predicting a very close race, with Harris currently at 48% in the poll and Trump at just under 47%.
advertisementThe final days of the campaign focused primarily on crucial swing states widely expected to determine the outcome of the election.
This year there are seven: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
