US election: It’s voting day – What polls say; what Harris, Trump are up to

On the eve of Election Day successful the United States, statesmanlike candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris blitzed done battleground states portion trying to thrust location cardinal promises to supporters and voters inactive connected the fence.

Vice President Harris zoned successful connected cities crossed Pennsylvania portion erstwhile President Trump made stops successful North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

The Democratic campaigner was joined by popular civilization figures including Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey, portion Trump called to signifier his sons and erstwhile Fox News big Megyn Kelly, with whom helium erstwhile had a contentious relationship.

What are the latest updates from the polls?

The contention continues to stay choky according to the latest polls, with cardinal plaything states presenting constrictive leads for some candidates.

According to FiveThirtyEight’s regular tracker, Harris has a 1.2-point pb implicit Trump nationally, a borderline that has remained reasonably static successful caller days, though it has shrunk compared with a period ago.

In plaything states, Harris has a one-point vantage successful Michigan and Wisconsin, according to FiveThirtyEight.

Meanwhile, Trump’s pb successful Georgia and North Carolina has shrivelled to nether 1 point, portion helium is up by 2.2 points successful Arizona.

In Pennsylvania and Nevada, little than fractional a constituent separates the two: Harris has sneaked up successful the former, though lone marginally, aft trailing Trump narrowly for the past 2 weeks; portion the Republican campaigner is hardly up successful Nevada.

Yet, the spread betwixt the 2 candidates remains wrong the borderline of mistake of polls successful each 7 plaything states.

Pennsylvania has 19 Electoral College votes, the astir among the battleground states, portion Nevada has the fewest – six.

Still, Al Jazeera analogous John Holman said that Nevada could beryllium to beryllium important due to the fact that of however adjacent the contention is. Key predetermination issues resonate powerfully here, with Nevada facing 1 of the highest unemployment rates and costs of surviving successful the US.

More than 82 cardinal Americans person already voted this year, according to a tally by the Election Lab astatine the University of Florida. The fig represents much than fractional of the full votes formed successful the 2020 statesmanlike election.

What was Kamala Harris up to connected Monday?

Harris spent the last time campaigning successful Pennsylvania.

The Democratic campaigner started disconnected with an lawsuit successful Scranton, the hometown of President Joe Biden. She continued touting a connection of unity portion stating that the state is acceptable to determination connected from the Trump era.

Between rallies, Harris stopped by the Old San Juan Cafe, a Puerto Rican edifice successful Reading, Pennsylvania, trying to woo a community that has a ample electoral presence successful the authorities and that has travel into absorption aft a comedian made racist comments astir the US territory astatine a Trump lawsuit recently.

In the afternoon, Harris made her mode to the alloy metropolis of Pittsburgh wherever she pledged to motion into instrumentality a nationalist reproductive rights measure if passed by Congress.

Harris capped disconnected the time with a large rally successful beforehand of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which featured euphony stars Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, arsenic good arsenic influential media property Oprah Winfrey.

Harris speaks during a run rally astatine Carrie Blast Furnaces successful Pittsburgh [Gene J Puskar/AP Photo}

What was Donald Trump up to connected Monday?

Donald Trump continued his run with a whirlwind circuit done North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

In his archetypal halt astatine Raleigh, North Carolina, the Republican campaigner claimed a decisive vantage successful the statesmanlike race, which helium said was “ours to lose”.

Trump went connected to onslaught Harris connected transgression and immigration, arguing that “you’ll person unfastened borders the precise archetypal day” if she is elected.

The halt marked Trump’s 3rd consecutive time successful the authorities portion Al Jazeera’s Phil Lavelle reported an unusually debased turnout successful Raleigh, describing the venue arsenic “only fractional full”, with bare seats disposable astir the edges.

Trump wraps up a run rally astatine JS Dorton Arena successful Raleigh, North Caroline [Evan Vucci/AP]

Later, Trump went to Reading, Pennsylvania, wherever helium again suggested that helium would transportation retired wide deportations by invoking an antiquated law, and to get Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters to conflict migrants.

Trump said helium told UFC CEO Dana White – a backer of the erstwhile president – to acceptable up a league. “At the end, I privation the migrant to spell against the champion, and I deliberation the migrant mightiness really win, that’s however nasty immoderate of these guys are,” Trump said. “But I don’t know, I uncertainty that,” helium added, trailing off.

He besides reiterated unfounded predetermination fraud claims.

Trump besides said Green Party statesmanlike campaigner Jill Stein, who could siphon votes from Democrats successful immoderate plaything states, peculiarly those outraged by the warfare successful Gaza, “may beryllium my favourite politician”.

He ended his time successful Grand Rapids, Michigan with a last entreaty to voters.

Trump, Donald Trump Jr and Michael Boulos perceive arsenic Eric Trump speaks astatine a run rally successful Reading, Pennsylvania [Chris Szagola/AP Photo]

What’s adjacent for the Harris and Trump campaigns?

Hailing from California, Harris has voted absentee by mail. Her location state, which carries 54 Electoral College votes, is anticipated to ballot Democratic this year, continuing a inclination that has lasted for the past 36 years.

According to the NPR vigor network, Harris volition big a ticker enactment astatine her alma mater, Howard University, successful Washington, DC. The District of Columbia, with its 3 Electoral votes, is expected to enactment the Democratic candidate, accordant with its humanities backing successful each statesmanlike election.

Meanwhile, Trump’s run announced plans past week to big an predetermination ticker enactment astatine the Palm Beach Convention Center alternatively of his Mar-a-Lago property successful Palm Beach.

Despite antecedently indicating helium would ballot early, Trump has decided to formed his ballot successful Florida connected Election Day. Throughout this predetermination cycle, helium has encouraged Americans to ballot early, adjacent portion expressing doubts astir the integrity of the electoral process.

Florida, with its 30 Electoral votes, was for galore years a plaything state, won by erstwhile President Barack Obama doubly and by Trump successful 2016 and 2020. This year, however, Trump is favoured to unafraid a comfy triumph successful the state.