How seven too-close-to-call regions and as little as 200,000 votes will decide the future of the world

WITH conscionable 10 days until the US chooses its adjacent president, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are level successful the polls – with conscionable 7 “swing” states acceptable to determine the winner.

In the US strategy alternatively of votes being counted nationally, the victor successful each authorities is awarded a definite fig of “electoral college” votes, partially based connected the state’s population.

There are 538 assemblage votes successful all, and the victor is the 1 who bags the most.

Now the 2 rivals for the astir almighty occupation connected the satellite are warring hardest successful the 7 states wherever conscionable a fewer 1000 votes could marque the difference.

A Betfair spokesperson said: “As things stand, Donald Trump is favourite to triumph successful each but 1 of those 7 cardinal battlegrounds, and if the punters are right, helium volition triumph by a important margin.”

Today we look astatine which mode those 7 states whitethorn swing.

NEVADA

TRUMP 47.3% | HARRIS 47.3%

EVEN the bravest gambler successful Las Vegas mightiness hesitate to stake connected who volition triumph the authorities ­known for its casino city.

Different polls person enactment either Harris oregon Trump up successful Nevada, which has backed each ­Democrat campaigner since 2008.

The authorities has the highest unemployment complaint successful the US astatine 5.1 per cent and that could transportation capable undecided voters to prime the Republican.

Campaigning successful Nevada this week, Trump praised the state’s “amazing Filipinos”, immoderate of who were astatine the rally.

He told them: “It’s an honour to person you here. Beautiful covering – the colours, I privation to deterioration colours similar that.”

ARIZONA

TRUMP 48.6% | HARRIS 46.8%

WITH a 370-mile borderline with Mexico, the large contented successful this confederate authorities is amerciable immigration.

Trump has made up crushed connected Harris successful the past mates of weeks successful Arizona by relentlessly focusing connected however unauthor-ised crossings deed grounds levels nether Joe Biden.

Harris tried to antagonistic that by ­visiting a tiny borderline municipality and vowing to marque the borderline betwixt the US and Mexico much secure.

Meanwhile information is being tightened up of voting aft bullets were fired astatine the Democrats’ run bureau successful Phoenix.

WISCONSIN

TRUMP 47.6% | HARRIS 47.8%

THIS week erstwhile US president Barack Obama was retired campaigning for Harris successful this state, which voted for the Democrat campaigner successful 7 elections anterior to Trump emerging victorious successful 2016.

On that occasion, his rival Hillary Clinton didn’t run hard capable successful Wisconsin, but Harris is not making the aforesaid mistake.

Trump, though, is hoping his connection that immigrants are ­stealing jobs could spot him get the bluish authorities backmost aft losing present to Biden successful 2020.

MICHIGAN

TRUMP 47% | HARRIS 47.7%

THE state’s long- established car manufacture has been losing crushed to overseas competitors for years.

Another occupation for Harris is that Michigan’s 400,000 Muslims are turning against the Democrats owed to Biden’s enactment for Israel successful its wars successful Gaza and ­Lebanon.

Many backmost Trump contempt his relationship with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

PENNSYLVANIA

TRUMP 47.9% | HARRIS 47.6%

THIS alleged “rust-belt” authorities successful the North East of the US was won by Trump successful 2016 and by Biden successful 2020.

At the infinitesimal it is excessively adjacent to call, but surging inflation could dent Harris’s hopes successful Pennsylvania, which past twelvemonth saw the highest emergence successful the outgo of market buying anyplace successful the country.

Democrat campaigner Harris was determination connected Wednesday trying to triumph implicit working-class voters successful an country which is inactive trying to bounce backmost from decades of concern decline.

NORTH CAROLINA

TRUMP 48.3% | HARRIS 47.1%

TRUMP won this confederate authorities by a borderline of conscionable 1.3 per cent successful 2020 and polls suggest it could beryllium adjacent person this time.

At his archetypal outdoor rally successful North Carolina pursuing his attempted assassination successful July helium said: “This authorities is simply a very, precise large authorities to win.”

Voters successful the authorities who are inactive suffering from the ­aftermath of Hurricane Helene past month, which near 95 radical dormant and galore without moving water, could crook distant from the Democrats.

GEORGIA

TRUMP 48.5% | HARRIS 47%

AFTER losing the past Presidential election, Trump told Georgia’s ­Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find 11,780 votes” for him.

That would person fixed him 1 much ballot than Biden – but that effort to power a authorities authoritative could inactive onshore the Republican campaigner successful court.

As for the 2024 election, 2 cardinal of the state’s 11 cardinal colonisation person truthful acold voted early.

Most of the caller polls person Trump somewhat ahead, but conscionable a fewer 1000 polling cards could marque each the quality again connected November 5.