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LIVE – US presidential election, D-1: Harris and Trump enter the final stretch

This Monday, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will launch their last forces into the battle on the eve of the American presidential election.

The Democrat will go to Pennsylvania, the Republican will be in North Carolina in the morning, in Pennsylvania in the afternoon and in Michigan in the evening.

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08:31

WHY AMERICANS VOTE ON A TUESDAY

American presidential election, D-1. But actually, why are elections always held on a Tuesday across the Atlantic?

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Published today at 7:30 a.m.
07:46

THE FINAL STRAIGHT LINE

In the final hours of this campaign, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump hold rallies in key states. Our special correspondents compare the strategies of the two candidates.

United States: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in key statesSource : TF1 Info

07:43

MEETING DE DONALD TRUMP

Donald Trump held a meeting in Lititz, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, November 3. He accused journalists of being “corrupt” and spreading fake news. He even said he wouldn't mind if someone shot journalists during one of his rallies.

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Published yesterday at 10:06 p.m.
07:15

LCI IN MICHIGAN

Kamala Harris held her last meeting on Sunday in Michigan, one of the key states. For the first time during a large rally, she did not mention the name of her opponent, Donald Trump.

LCI in Michigan after the Kamala Harris meetingSource : TF1 Info

06:45

KAMALA HARRIS VOTED

US Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris announced on Sunday that she had voted by mail in the election pitting her against former Republican President Donald Trump. “I just filled out my absentee ballot,” she said during a brief exchange with reporters in Detroit, Michigan, then adding: “My ballot is on its way to California.” its State of origin.

06:40

POLLS STILL SO TIGHT

Update on the latest estimates with Jean-Baptiste Boursier and François Clémenceau from Washington.

United States: a result more uncertain than everSource : TF1 Info

06:38

WELCOME

Hello and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the American presidential election. Nearly 244 million citizens are called to the polls. Who will win, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? Follow with us the final hours of an election that promises to be very close.

While the world waits to know whether America will open the doors of the White House to a woman for the first time or send back the former Republican president, the Democratic vice-president, originally from California, indicated on Sunday that she had voted by correspondence. Like Kamala Harris, more than 76 million Americans have already voted, early or by mail.

Donald Trump continued his verbal escalation. Referring to the armored glass now installed around him, after being the victim of two assassination attempts, he said that to reach it “we would have to shoot through it” journalists (new window)adding: “It doesn’t bother me.” “I shouldn’t have left.” from the White House, said the 78-year-old Republican candidate, who never acknowledged his defeat in 2020 and whose supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to try to prevent the certification of the victory by Joe Biden.

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On Tuesday, when the polling stations in the world's leading power close, a period of feverish waiting will begin. No one knows whether it will take hours or days for the American media, whose prerogative it is traditionally, to attribute victory to one or the other.

The former Republican president has already laid the foundations for a challenge in the event of defeat. “They are trying as hard as they can to steal.” the election, he said, wearing his traditional red cap, during a rally on Sunday, questioning the reliability of the vote count. “The systems in place for this election in 2024 are reliable”replied Kamala Harris.

The latest New York Times/Siena poll, focused on the seven crucial states, shows differences too small to allow any conclusions. The voting system in the United States, a federal country, is complex. The presidency is awarded by indirect universal suffrage: Americans vote for a college of 538 electors, distributed among the 50 states, without the total votes at national level being decisive.

A large majority of these states are already considered to be either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. This is why the candidates' efforts and the suspense focus on the seven “swing states”.


The editorial staff of TF1info

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