Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaign in key swing states as electoral race heats up – US politics live

Date: 2024-11-01
11.49 CET

Harris and Trump to visit Milwaukee in final push for Wisconsin

Vice-president Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will host dueling rallies within seven miles of each other on Friday night in the Milwaukee area as part of a final push for votes in swing-state Wisconsin’s largest county.

Milwaukee is home to the most Democratic votes in Wisconsin, but its conservative suburbs are where most Republicans live and are a critical area for Trump as he tries to reclaim the state he narrowly won in 2016 and lost in 2020. It was absentee votes from Milwaukee, which typically are reported early in the morning after Election Day, that tipped Wisconsin for President Joe Biden in 2020.

“Both candidates recognise that the road to the White House runs directly through Milwaukee County,” said Hilario Deleon, chair of the county’s Republican Party.

The dueling rallies – Trump is in downtown Milwaukee and Harris is in a suburb – may be the candidates’ last appearances in battleground Wisconsin before Election Day. Both sides say the race is once again razor tight for the state’s 10 electoral votes. Four of the past six presidential elections in Wisconsin have been decided by less than a point, or fewer than 23,000 votes.

11.31 CET

Harris at 47% and Trump at 46%, latest election polling shows

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the US election. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are locked in a nail-bitingly close US presidential election race. Harris maintains a single point advantage over her Republican rival. As of 30 October, the latest polls put Harris at 47%, and Trump at 46%.

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There are four days left until the election. Here are the key recent developments:

  • Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaigned in the western part of the US, namely the key swing states of Arizona and Nevada.

  • In her speech, Harris told Nevada: “Make no mistake: we will win.” Adding, “It is time for a new generation of leadership in America … And I am ready to offer that leadership.”

  • During her appearances, Harris repeatedly criticised Trump’s “very offensive” remarks about being the “protector” of women “whether they like it or not”.

  • Harris’s speech was followed by a performance by Jennifer Lopez in Las Vegas, as she seeks to connect with Latino voters in the final days of the race.

  • Trump, meanwhile, appeared with far-right media personality Tucker Carlson in Phoenix, Arizona.

  • Former president Donald Trump launched another attack on former Rep Liz Cheney late Thursday, calling the Republican former Wyoming congresswoman a “war hawk” and suggesting she might not be as willing to send troops to fight if she had guns pointed at her. Cheney has vocally opposed Trump since the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol and has become a surrogate for his Democratic opponent, vice-president Kamala Harris. After calling Cheney “a very dumb individual”, he said: “She’s a radical war hawk. Let’s put her with the rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. OK, let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face.”

  • More than 65 million people have cast their ballots in the race, as of 31 October at 11pm EST.