Last day of campaigning before election day of the American presidential election. Kamala Harris is confident despite results that remain very close in the polls, while Donald Trump believes that only cheating can cause him to lose.
The bottom line:
- Last day of campaigning before “election day” of the American presidential election scheduled for Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Already more than 75 million Americans have participated in the vote thanks to early voting and postal voting.
- The results of the American presidential election still appear to be close in the polls just a few hours before the start of the vote. According to poll aggregator 270towin, Kamala Harris is leading nationally, but it is the results in the seven swing states that will be decisive regarding the identity of the winner between the Democratic candidate and Donald Trump.
- The presidential campaign has been one of the most aggressive with mutual and almost daily attacks between the two candidates in recent weeks. But for the final sprint Kamala Harris plays the card of contrast between her victory and the danger of a second term of Donald Trump which would initiate a step backwards concerning several social rights. The Republican candidate believes that only cheating will prevent him from being elected to the White House and is setting the stage for a challenge in the event of defeat.
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08:58 – These polls give the advantage to Kamala Harris
Several polls published on Sunday, two days before the presidential election, give an advantage, even slight, to Kamala Harris. According to the study by the New York Times and Siena College, the Democratic candidate is in the lead in four of the seven swing states with up to three points ahead at most: Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Georgia. But another poll also brought good news to Kamala Harris, the one carried out in Iowa by Des Moines Register and Mediacom Iowa and which places the Democratic candidate ahead of Donald Trump with three points in advance (47% against 44%). A surprise result since Iowa is not a swing state and historically ranks among conservative and Republican states.
08:41 – Kamala Harris' program for the last day of the campaign
This Monday, November 4, Donald Trump is having a final lap in three of the seven swing states. The Republican candidate will travel to North Carolina in the morning, to Pennsylvania more precisely to Reading and Pittsburgh in the afternoon and finally to Michigan in the evening. These three swing states are those with the most electors.
For her part, Kamala Haris must go to Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, for her final campaign rallies. And as during previous Democratic meetings, several personalities will be present to support Kamala Harris such as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry or Oprah Winfrey. But the Democrat's campaign team will also be present in other states: in Phoenix, Arizona, Detroit, Michigan and Las Vegas, Nevada.
08:26 – Donald Trump accuses the Democratic camp of “stealing” the election
Donald Trump has several times accused the Democratic camp of being at the origin of cheating in the presidential election and considered that his defeat at the end of the election is only possible in the event of cheating sowing the seeds of doubt about the integrity of the vote, particularly among Republican supporters who relay these accusations. The Democrats are “trying hard to steal” the vote, the Republican billionaire said at a meeting. Enough to foreshadow a possible wave of contestation of the results in the event of Donald Trump's defeat. The Republican candidate also declared that he “should not have left” the White House in 2020 after the victory of Joe Biden, a result that Donald Trump never recognized, and the assault on the Capitol on 6 January 2021.
08:13 – “We have the wind at our backs” Kamala Harris assures voters
Kamala Harris gave a rally in Michigan on Sunday evening and on stage she invited voters to vote and support her. A message especially addressed to young voters, faced with global warming and violence and the decline in social rights such as the right to abortion, and to those from the Arab-Muslim community, which is very numerous in Michigan. The latter, usual supporters of the Democratic camp, are reluctant to vote for Kamala Harris after the positions taken by the Joe Biden administration in the war in the Middle East.
“We have the wind at our backs because our campaign is built on the ambitions, aspirations and dreams of the American people, because we are optimistic and enthusiastic about what we can do together, and because we know that “It is time for a new generation of leaders to settle in America”, she assured, showing confidence in the outcome of the election and to convince further.
08:00 – End of presidential campaign in the United States
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are experiencing their last day of campaigning with the American presidential election this Monday, November 4 before the vote which will be held tomorrow in polling stations across the United States. The two candidates continue to survey the swing states until the last minute to ensure a maximum of votes in these states which will tip the scales in favor of one or the other. If Donald Trump has the advantage in Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina, Kamala Harris is in the lead in Michigan, the candidates are almost tied in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Note that the poll results are within the margin of error in each state, so surprises are possible.
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What you need to know
The US presidential election will take place on November 5, 2024 and will mainly be between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, despite the presence of a few other small candidates in the race for the White House. The election promises to be particularly close this year, according to the various national polls or those carried out in each state. In the United States, it is the results of the state-by-state vote that are decisive for the outcome of the election.
Each of the country's 50 states represents a certain number of electors; the more populated the state, the greater the number of electors. It is ultimately these electors who vote for the future president of the United States. But the major voters are not distributed to the Republican and Democratic camps in proportion to the results of the vote, they all go to one and the same party: the one which obtained the highest score. To hope to win the presidential election, candidates must win the vote in as many states as possible to obtain as many electors as possible. You must win 270 electoral votes to be assured of victory.
The outcome of the election is already known in most American states which have very ingrained electoral habits: the territories on the east and west coasts are usually very progressive like California or New York and vote for the Democratic camp. , those in the Midwest are rather conservative and mostly support the Republican Party. But there are a handful of states, called swing states, which can swing from one camp to another from one election to another. These are the states that decide the outcome of the election: Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
