Harris's final effort

In the final two days of the campaign, both US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump spent time in "battleground" states to continue to persuade undecided voters.

On the final day of the campaign, November 4 (US time), Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Republican candidate, former President Donald Trump, were both in the "battleground" state of Pennsylvania, which both campaigns have always considered a decisive state for the 2024 election, according to The New York Times . On November 3, both candidates also continued to campaign in several "battleground" states.

"We are gaining momentum"

Ms. Harris spent the entire day on November 3 in the "battleground" state of Michigan. Accordingly, Ms. Harris visited a black church in Detroit on the morning of November 3, urging Americans to look beyond Mr. Trump, according to AFP. "Let's turn the page and write the next chapter of our history," Ms. Harris called.

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Harris’ visit to the church comes as polls show Trump has attracted support from some black voters who traditionally vote Democratic. Harris is in a tight race with Trump in Michigan, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll released on November 3.

On the evening of November 3, Ms. Harris gave a speech to about 6,000 people at Michigan State University, promising to end the Hamas-Israel conflict in the Gaza Strip, while the 200,000-strong Arab-American community in Michigan condemned Washington's handling of that conflict, according to AFP.

Former US President Donald Trump in Kinston City (North Carolina) and Vice President Kamala Harris in Detroit City (Michigan) on November 3.

"As president, I will do everything in my power to end the conflict in Gaza. And to ensure the Palestinian people's rights to respect, freedom and security," Ms. Harris emphasized at the beginning of her speech.

The rest of her speech, however, was upbeat, with Harris spending more time urging people to get out and vote than attacking Trump, stressing that this is “one of the most important elections of our lifetimes, and we have momentum. Momentum is on our side.”

Will there be an overwhelming victory?

Meanwhile, Mr. Trump spent all day on November 3 campaigning in three other "battleground" states, including Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia. At a campaign rally in the town of Lititz, Pennsylvania, Mr. Trump criticized the Democratic Party as "evil" and said he would not care if reporters were shot, according to Reuters. He also said he should not have left the White House in 2021 after he refused to accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.

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Later, in a speech in Kinston, North Carolina, Mr. Trump said that “on Tuesday (November 5), we will have a victory so overwhelming that it will be irreversible.” However, polls show that the result is likely to be very close. NBC News on November 3 released the results of a national poll based on 1,000 registered voters, showing that Mr. Trump and Ms. Harris both received 49% support.

As of November 3, more than 78 million Americans had voted before the official election day of November 5, according to Reuters citing data from the University of Florida Election Laboratory (USA). This figure is nearly half of the total 160 million votes cast in the 2020 US presidential election.

After official voting ends on November 5, depending on how close the race is, a winner could be declared the same evening, the next morning, a few days or even a few weeks later, according to the BBC.

Mr. Clinton defends Mr. Bush's choice

In an interview with CNN published on November 3, former US President Bill Clinton defended former President George W. Bush's choice not to take a more active role in the 2024 presidential campaign and did not specify who he supported as the presidential candidate. "First of all, I think he has been more vocal than he gets credit for," Mr. Clinton said.

Mr Clinton also said that Mr Bush really wanted to get out of politics. Mr Clinton added that he thought Mr Bush wanted to make his beliefs clear without distancing himself too much from the Republican Party.

After reading former President Clinton's comments, a person close to former President Bush told CNN that Bush "has indeed stepped away from presidential politics, but he has worked quietly and diligently to keep the Senate in Republican control."

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