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Trump and Harris in the polls before Election Day
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Former President Donald Trump And Vice President Kamala Harris will both address their supporters on Thursday in a key state: Nevada.

Trump is holding a rally in Henderson, Nevada, southeast of Las Vegas, in the afternoon. It’s not the only Western state where Trump will hold a campaign stop on Thursday — he’ll also travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Harris, meanwhile, will hold rallies on October 31 in Reno and Las Vegas to encourage Nevada voters to cast their ballots. go to the pollsas well as a stop in Phoenix, Arizona.

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How will vote counting be protected on election night and beyond?

More than a dozen county and city election officials spoke with USA TODAY about what they’re doing to ensure they can count ballots at central counting centers once the polls close, no matter what happens outside.

Election officials have built new warehouses where ballots will be counted under increased security. Local and state law enforcement experienced several scenarios of large crowds heading toward ballot counting locations.

Some jurisdictions have reduced the number of observers allowed to participate and required them to obtain their accreditations well in advance.

-Sarah D. Wire and Sudiksha Koch

In the last days of the election, Battleground states like Pennsylvania remain hotly contested For Democrat Kamala Harris And Republican Donald Trump and could represent the key to an Electoral College victory.

Two recent polls show how close the race is in Pennsylvania, which is among seven swing states it could determine a victory in the race for the White House. A new CNN poll conducted by SSRS found that in Pennsylvania the race is tied, while a new Quinnipiac University survey gave Trump a one-point advantage over Harris.

Nationally, Trump and Harris are tied at 48%. the latest TIPP monitoring survey.

As the thrill of a race comes to its conclusion in five days, Asset And Harris plan to both are aimed at supporters THURSDAY in Nevadaanother key hinge state.

–Eric Lagatta

Former California Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced that he will vote for the Democratic candidate in the presidential election.

“I will always be an American before being a Republican,” he wrote in a social media post Wednesday. “That’s why this week I’m voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.”

The professional bodybuilder and actor turned GOP politician served as governor from 2003 to 2011. California is Harris’ home state.

Schwarzenegger encouraged his supporters to vote even if they disagree with him, but gave reasons why he would not support former President Donald Trump.

-Rachel Barbier

Historian Who Correctly Predicted 9 of Last 10 Presidential Elections Picks Harris, Always

Democratic candidate Kamala Harris will be the next president of the United States and will defeat his Republican rival Donald Trump on election day, or historian and electoral forecaster Allan Lichtman predicted again.

Known for correctly predicting the results of the last nine out of ten presidential elections, Lichtman said during his YouTube channel As of Tuesday evening, his prediction was unchanged, despite Democratic candidate Harris’ lead dwindling in battleground states and the polls are extremely close.

“Nothing has changed to alter my prediction that I made on September 5,” Lichtman said, “in defiance of the polls.”

–Sam Woodward

Harris campaigns in Wisconsin Wednesday night

vice-president Kamala Harris returned to a familiar place in the latter part of her presidential campaign.

As she advocates for the preservation of individual freedoms and the protection of democracy, she made her speech Wednesday evening a few miles from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where her progressive parents have participated in various rights causes civics in the late 1960s. She spoke here at the nearly 10,000-seat Alliant Energy Center, to a mostly female crowd.

As president, Harris promised she would seek common ground and common-sense solutions to problems. “I’m not trying to score political points. I’m looking to progress,” she said in her speech.

-Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy

Trump calls Biden’s gaffe trash in insult-laden speech in Wisconsin

Former president Donald Trump made president That of Joe Biden “trash” blunder a central theme of his campaign rallies on Wednesday. He also continued to take shots at his Democratic opponent, the vice president. Kamala Harris.

“Her gross incompetence disqualifies her from being president of the United States,” Trump said at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Wednesday evening. “No one respects her, no one trusts her, no one takes her seriously.”

Trump rode to the Wisconsin event in the front seat of a custom garbage truck, donning a neon orange garbage vest. This decision referred to Biden statement Tuesdaycalling the former president’s supporters “trash.”

–Savannah Kuchar and David Jackson

The race for the White House in 2024 will be tight until Election day. In Real Clear Politics’ national polling average, Trump leads Harris by just 0.4 percentage points, well within the margin of error of each of the included surveys.

It’s even tighter in some of the swing states that could ultimately decide the election. For example, Harris leads Trump by 0.2 percentage points in Real Clear Politics’ Wisconsin polling average.

–Marina Pitofsky

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Donald Trump Thursday is holding rallies in two Western states: New Mexico and Nevada. Trump will address voters in Albuquerque in the afternoon before making a campaign stop in Henderson, located outside Las Vegas.

Former president revealed one of his flagship campaign promises at a June rally in Las Vegas, promising that, if elected, he would try to end federal taxes on tipping, a likely winner in Nevada, whose casino and entertainment economy depends on tipping .

– Marina Pitofsky, Mark Robison

Kamala Harris to hold rallies in Reno and Las Vegas, calling on Nevada voters to make a plan to vote. The Silver State is one of the swing states that could ultimately decide the 2024 elections.

This will be the vice president’s first visit to northern Nevada since becoming the Democratic leader. His last journey took place April 2023 when she spoke with Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve and actress Rosario Dawson about reproductive rights on the University of Nevada, Reno campus.

Harris is also expected to address voters in Phoenix, Arizona, at a rally Thursday morning.

–Marc Robison