US election: 4 days left – What polls say, what Harris and Trump are up to

On Thursday, statesmanlike candidates made a last propulsion to energise voters successful the occidental United States.

At rallies, Vice President Kamala Harris warned supporters that termination rights are nether threat. Meanwhile, erstwhile President Donald Trump focused his run connected migration and borderline control.

What are the latest updates from the polls?

Recent polls from AtlasIntel, released connected Thursday, amusement Trump holding a flimsy pb of 1 to 2 percent points implicit his opponent. However, a abstracted canvass from TIPP Insights indicates that the candidates are presently tied.

A caller survey by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reveals that astir 70 percent of Americans consciousness anxious oregon frustrated regarding the election, with fewer expressing  enthusiasm.

Both Democrats and Republicans stock these sentiments, but Democrats study higher levels of anxiety: 80 percent of Democrats and 77 percent of Republicans explicit involvement successful the campaign, portion lone 54 percent of independents consciousness similarly. Furthermore, 79 percent of Democrats study feeling anxious, compared with 66 percent of Republicans.

According to FiveThirtyEight’s National Polls tracker, Harris maintains a constrictive nationalist pb of astir 1.2 points arsenic of Thursday. However, this pb has gradually decreased and falls wrong the borderline of error, indicating a highly competitory race.

In captious plaything states, which could find the predetermination outcome, the contention is adjacent tighter.

Key battleground states see Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada. FiveThirtyEight’s regular canvass tracker indicates that Harris’s pb successful Michigan remains slight, astatine astir 0.8 points. However, she has mislaid her pb successful Nevada, wherever Trump present leads by 0.3 points.

In Wisconsin, her pb has dropped to 0.6 points, down from 0.8 points connected Wednesday.

On the different hand, Trump’s vantage successful Pennsylvania has accrued slightly, rising from 0.4 points to 0.7 points. His pb successful North Carolina has returned to past week’s levels, present astatine 1.4 points. Trump is besides gaining crushed successful Arizona, wherever helium leads Harris by 2.4 points, and successful Georgia, wherever his vantage is 1.8 points.

What was Kamala Harris up to connected Thursday?

The Harris run has zeroed successful connected what Trump said past nighttime astatine a run rally successful Green Bay, Wisconsin, wherever helium told an anecdote astir telling his squad that helium intends “to support the women of our country”.

“I’m gonna bash it whether the women similar it oregon not,” Trump said.

Speaking to reporters connected Thursday, Harris slammed the remarks arsenic “offensive”.

“It really is, I think, precise violative to women successful presumption of not knowing their agency, their authority, their close and their quality to marque decisions astir their ain lives, including their ain bodies,” Harris said earlier embarking connected a time of campaigning successful the Western battleground states of Arizona and Nevada.

In Phoenix, Mexican American set Los Tigres del Norte kicked disconnected Harris’s rally with a opus expressing a tendency to destruct the borderline and unite the 2 countries. Founded successful the 1960s, the set has a heavy resonance connected some sides of the borderline and continues to captivate generations of devoted fans.

Phoenix—join america today.https://t.co/JiWw1z9czB

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 31, 2024

In Phoenix, her code was interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters successful the archetypal 10 minutes.

Harris paused concisely to admit them. “Hey guys, you cognize what? Here’s the happening – let’s speech for a infinitesimal astir Gaza,” she said. “We each privation this warfare to extremity and get the hostages out, and I volition enactment connected it full-time erstwhile I americium elected president, arsenic I’ve been.”

Harris besides contrasted her willingness to prosecute with those who disagree with her against Trump’s remarks astir jailing his opponents. This was mentioned arsenic respective protesters were being escorted out, and she said: “Democracy tin beryllium analyzable sometimes. It’s OK. We’re warring for the close for radical to beryllium heard and not jailed due to the fact that they talk their mind.″

Since winning the Democratic information earlier this year, Harris has astatine times adopted a confrontational stance towards protesters.

When a radical of protesters interrupted her astatine an August lawsuit by chanting, “Kamala, Kamala, you can’t hide, we won’t ballot for genocide,” Harris responded directly: “If you privation Donald Trump to win, past accidental that. Otherwise, I’m speaking.”

On Thursday, during her last halt of the time successful Las Vegas, Nevada, Jennifer Lopez besides spoke, and determination was a show by the Mexican stone set Mana.

US Vice President and Democratic statesmanlike campaigner Kamala Harris walks connected signifier arsenic she arrives for a rally successful Reno, Nevada [AFP]

What was Donald Trump up to connected Thursday?

At his archetypal rally successful New Mexico, Trump urged the assemblage to ballot for him, promising to lick the borderline issue. The state, with 5 Electoral College votes, is wide expected to ballot for Harris.

“One of the reasons we volition triumph this authorities is you person 1 of the worst borderline problems of immoderate state, and I’m the lone 1 who volition hole it,” helium said.

In Henderson, Nevada, Trump accused Harris of operating a lax borderline argumentation and promised a wide deportation programme if helium is elected.

He began by demonising migrants, saying immoderate are “horrible, deathly” people. He besides called Harris “horrible, the worst determination is”, portion urging his supporters to ballot early.

“We’ll hole it fast, and we’re going to person an America that’s bigger, better, bolder, richer, safer and stronger than ever before,” helium added.

In Nevada, galore of his supporters wore orangish and yellowish information vests.

The manner prime comes a time aft Trump wore a akin ensemble to gully attraction to caller comments by President Joe Biden that suggested his supporters were “garbage”.

Trump walks successful beforehand of his supporters during a rally astatine Albuquerque International Sunport, successful Albuquerque, New Mexico [Brendan McDermid/Reuters]

Al Jazeera’s John Holman, who attended the rally, noted that portion Trump concentrated connected migration, the superior interest for voters successful Nevada is the economy.

“Trump’s rally had a batch of speech astir migration, but actually, the cardinal contented present successful Nevada for voters – according to polls – is the economy,” Holman said.

“This is the authorities with the highest unemployment successful the US. It’s been deed hard with inflation. Gas prices, successful particular, are high, and it’s a authorities that has ne'er wholly recovered from the pandemic,” Holman added.

During his rally, Trump besides spoke astir inflation, and “he concisely said that helium was going to abolish a national taxation connected tips,” Holman said.

Trump besides spoke astatine Tucker Carlson’s unrecorded circuit lawsuit successful Glendale, Arizona.

Trump speaks during a rally successful Henderson, Nevada [Mike Blake/Reuters]

What’s adjacent for the Harris and Trump campaigns?

Harris heads to Wisconsin

Harris is heading to Wisconsin, wherever she is expected to clasp an lawsuit successful the Appleton country astatine astir 23:00 GMT, followed by different successful Milwaukee astatine astir 02:00 GMT.

The Milwaukee rally and performance features performances by GloRilla, Flo Milli, MC Lyte, The Isley Brothers, DJ GEMINI GILLY.

Cardi B is besides anticipated to marque an quality astatine her rally, joining a increasing database of celebrities who person campaigned for her successful the last days of the 2024 election.

President Joe Biden volition question to Philadelphia and, connected Saturday, to his hometown of Scranton, some successful Pennsylvania, wherever helium volition purpose to energise voters successful this cardinal plaything state.

Democratic vice statesmanlike campaigner Tim Walz is expected to besides run successful the battleground authorities of Michigan.

Trump heads to Michigan and Wisconsin

Donald Trump is scheduled to sojourn Dearborn, Michigan – location to the largest Arab-majority colonisation successful the federation – connected Friday, wherever helium is expected to clasp a rally astatine Macomb Community College successful Warren astatine 20:30 GMT.

As the Arab American ballot successful Michigan has accrued implicit the years, it has go a captious origin successful large elections, specified arsenic Bernie Sanders’s superior triumph successful the authorities successful 2016.

Consequently, Dearborn has drawn important attraction from nationalist and planetary media during run season.

Trump is the archetypal large 2024 campaigner to sojourn the city.

Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, who served successful the authorities legislature arsenic a Democrat, has not endorsed immoderate candidates, urging residents to “vote their conscience” instead.

Meanwhile, the Harris run is facing outrage aft erstwhile President Bill Clinton – portion campaigning for her – suggested that Zionism predates Islam and that Hamas “forces” Israel to termination Palestinian civilians.