Trump and Harris make their final call as the US election comes to an end

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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have made a final appeal to undecided voters and sought to rally their supporters in swing states as polls show the election is close in 48 minutes. past hour.

Their presidential campaigns are fighting for any advantage after a hotly contested White House contest in which the candidates are competing fiercely in key states that will decide the election. nominated.

After a late-night appearance on the comedy show Saturday Night Live in New York, Harris hit Michigan at a black church on Sunday, followed by appearances at a restaurant and barbershop as well as a barber shop. like a big protest. Trump started the day in Pennsylvania – and is expected to appear in North Carolina and Georgia later on Sunday.

Over the weekend, the vice president’s election campaign was in full swing by a respected pollster in ultra-conservative Iowa, which shows the Democratic vice president leading Trump by three percentage points in a state the former Republican president won by nine points in 2020.

According to the Des Moines Register poll, her rise is fueled by growing support among women — and especially older white women, which if replicated across the Midwest could decisive for Harris.

However, other surveys released Sunday showed the race essentially deadlocked. The closely watched New York Times/Siena poll shows Harris leading in Nevada, North Carolina, Georgia and Wisconsin, just enough for her to prevail, but trailing in Pennsylvania and Michigan , while following closely in Arizona. FT poll tracker shows Harris leading nationally by 1.3 percentage points.

“It is a choice between whether we will have another four years of incompetence and failure like what we have now or whether we will embark on the greatest four years in our country’s history. ”, Mr. Trump said to the crowd at the first stop. near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. “It’s now or never, this is the moment,” he said.

Trump relied on voters’ opposition to Harris on the economy and immigration to convince American voters to support him for a second term in the White House.

But Trump has struggled to focus on policy in the final week of the campaign, returning to personal attacks, violent rhetoric and offensive language that Democrats believe will be counterproductive to with his election campaign.

He has cast doubt on the integrity of this year’s election, baselessly accusing Democrats of fraud, as he did in 2020.

“They are fighting tooth and nail to steal this damn thing,” Trump said Sunday.

Speaking about his own security arrangements, he added: “To get to me, someone would have to look through the fake news, and I don’t mind that much. I don’t mind that.”

During her first event in Detroit on Sunday, Harris told parishioners that “we have two days until we decide the fate of our country.” She added that she saw “faith in action in remarkable ways” from voters throughout the campaign.

“Let us turn the page and write the next chapter in our history,” she said.

Harris and her allies are seeing evidence of strong support among women due to her support for abortion rights and their opposition to Trump’s character.

“I believe this will be a tight race. That is the nature of our country at this time. But the momentum is with her,” Raphael Warnock, a Democratic senator from Georgia, said on NBC on Sunday.

Trump’s campaign has bet big that he can attract more black and Latino male voters, who do not vote as reliably as other segments of the population, and whose widespread discontent is widespread. America’s approach to the country will help them win.

“We don’t take anything for granted, but the issues are on our side. People want a safe border. They want a strong economy. They want peace through strength and stronger national security around the world,” Elise Stefanik, a New York Republican congresswoman, said on Fox News. “On every top issue, Republicans are winning. President Trump is winning,” she said.

On Monday, Harris is expected to campaign only in Pennsylvania, which is the biggest prize of all swing states and one that Trump won in 2016 but that Democrats won again in 2020.

Trump will also appear in Pennsylvania, before holding a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to end his campaign.