Election polls live updates: Betting market predicts which battleground state will be the closest

According to prediction marketplace Polymarket the closest authorities successful the predetermination is apt to beryllium Wisconsin.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are locked successful a fiercely adjacent contention and 7 plaything states are astir tied successful the polls.

According to the betting 18 percent deliberation Wisconsin volition extremity up being the closest authorities race.

Joint 2nd favorites are Pennsylvania and Nevada with a 14 percent likelihood of being the closest.

Elon Musk showed up to Donald Trump's blockbuster Manhattan rally with his 4-year-old son, who was wearing a customized reddish MAGA chapeau that read: 'Make Voting Great Again.'

His son, whose afloat sanction is X Æ A-Xii, was besides seen holding up a Trump Vance motion with his father's sanction connected it during the five-hour lawsuit astatine Madison Square Garden.

The youngster, who was pictured beside erstwhile First Lady Melania Trump successful 1 photo, was calved connected May 4, 2020 and is 1 of the Tesla CEO's 3 children with vocalist Grimes.

Recently, Musk has go 1 of Trump's astir salient surrogates and fundraisers, speaking effusively of the GOP nominee astatine aggregate rallies and donating $75 cardinal to his ain pro-Trump ace PAC.

On Sunday, helium hyped up the assemblage of astir 20,000 by telling them helium could chopped astatine slightest $2 trillion of wasteful spending from the national fund if Trump were to triumph the presidency.

Renowned pollster Frank Luntz revealed the nonstop infinitesimal Kamala Harris mislaid herself the election.

During a CNN interrogation Wednesday, Luntz, besides known arsenic 'The Nostradamus of pollsters,' said the Democratic nominee was doing good successful the polls until she 'froze' aft focusing her attraction connected Donald Trump.

'She had the champion 60 days of immoderate statesmanlike campaigner successful modern history,' Luntz said.

'And past the infinitesimal she turned anti-Trump and focused connected him and said 'don't ballot for me, ballot against him.' That's erstwhile everything froze.'

Luntz added that Trump is 'defined' arsenic helium is 'not gaining' and 'not losing' successful the election, portion his hostile is 'less good defined.'

Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tore into Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden arsenic a ‘mini January 6.’

The congresswoman whose New York City territory includes the eastbound portion of The Bronx and conception of north-central Queens is simply a predominant professional of the erstwhile president and wasn’t blessed to spot him backmost successful The Big Apple.

"This was a hatred rally,” AOC declared during an interrogation connected MSNBC’s Morning Show the greeting aft Trump wholly filled Madison Square Garden with MAGA fanatics.

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Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

So acold much than a 4th of registered voters person formed their ballots successful the 2024 statesmanlike election.

According to tracking by NBC News, 43.3 cardinal Americans participated successful aboriginal oregon mail-in voting truthful far.

It breaks down to 42 percent Democrats and 40 percent Republicans. The remaining 18 percent are either not registered with a party, autarkic voters oregon nary information is disposable for their enactment affiliation.

Early voting has started successful galore states with millions coming retired to ballot successful idiosyncratic oregon driblet disconnected oregon mail-in their at-home ballots.

There are 161.2 cardinal registered voters successful the U.S.

Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin responded to a chaotic gag astir Puerto Rico astatine Donald Trump's MSG rally by endorsing Kamala Harris.

The popular stars were conscionable immoderate of the celebrities to propulsion their enactment down Harris aft comedian Tony Hinchcliffe compared the Caribbean Island to 'garbage' during Trump's rally connected Sunday.

While poking amusive astatine personage Democrats, Hinchcliffe's offbeat remark astir Puerto Rico adjacent stunned the MAGA faithful successful the world's astir celebrated arena.

'There's virtually a floating land of garbage successful the mediate of the water close now. I deliberation it's called Puerto Rico,' helium said.

The gag received a tepid effect from the crowd, and widespread condemnation from Democrats, Republicans and adjacent Trump's ain campaign. A bid of Puerto Rican stars responded by endorsing Harris and sharing her plans for the American territory.

Tony Hinchcliffe has accused Democrats of having 'no consciousness of humor' aft facing a question of disapproval implicit his acceptable during Donald Trump's rally successful which helium labelled Puerto Rico arsenic a 'floating land of garbage'.

Hinchcliffe, 40, took to the podium astatine Madison Square Garden connected Sunday to present a bid of jokes which included lewd and racist comments astir Latinos, Jews and Black people.

The jokes were emblematic for Hinchcliffe - a podcaster and writer known for his edgy, often acheronian wit and crisp roasts - but did not spell down well, with adjacent the salient Republicans branding his remarks arsenic 'completely classless', 'racist', and 'rhetoric that does not bespeak GOP values'.

The comedian, however, is lasting by his set, alleging that Democrats, including Vice Presidential hopeful Tim Walz and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, person 'taken [the joke] retired of discourse to marque it look racist'.

'These radical person nary consciousness of humor,' helium tweeted. 'I emotion Puerto Rico and abrogation there. I made amusive of everyone…watch the full set.' He past took nonstop purpose astatine Walz, suggesting helium was wasting his clip by analyzing the acceptable and can't grip a joke.

The usually pugnacious Trump run besides took the uncommon measurement of distancing itself from Hinchcliffe, with a elder advisor stating 'this gag does not bespeak the views of President Trump oregon the campaign'.

Donald Trump graced the signifier with woman Melania arsenic 20,000 fans packed Madison Square Garden for a marathon five-hour MAGA rally connected Sunday.

The erstwhile president made a bold prediction that helium would go the archetypal Republican successful 40 years to triumph New York portion informing that a 'gamble' connected Kamala Harris would outgo 'millions of lives' during the lawsuit successful the bosom of Manhattan.

Trump, 78, was introduced to adoring fans by erstwhile archetypal woman Melania, who made her archetypal astonishment quality connected the run trail. Trump rocked the 'World's Most Famous Arena' with his often-repeated attacks connected Harris' borderline policies and rising crime.

The line-up of speakers included Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who sparked contention by joking that Puerto Rico is simply a 'floating land of garbage'.

Trump's puerility buddy David Rem delivered a fiery code portion waving a crucifix and calling the vice president the 'antichrist.'