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Harris and Trump jostle for votes in frenzied final push
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Harris and Trump jostle for votes in frenzied final push

Election Eve has arrived, and the race for the White House remains very tight — with the latest ABC News/Ipsos Poll As of Sunday, Kamala Harris is slightly ahead nationally, but Donald Trump is ahead in some key states — and the two candidates are deadlocked in Pennsylvania.

Harris is spending her final full day campaigning in battleground Pennsylvania while Trump hits the trail in North Carolina and Pennsylvania before ending the day in Michigan.

Latest developments

November 4, 8:41 a.m.

Jeffries says Republicans will ‘take over’ Social Security

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told “Good Morning America” ​​Monday that Democrats are “on the right side” on the most pressing issues in the presidential election.

“Extremist MAGA Republicans have clearly and unequivocally expressed what they will do to America in the future,” Jeffries said.

PHOTO: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is pictured during the Democratic National Convention on August 21, 2024 in Chicago. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)PHOTO: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is pictured during the Democratic National Convention on August 21, 2024 in Chicago. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)

PHOTO: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is pictured during the Democratic National Convention on August 21, 2024 in Chicago. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)

“They will carry the torch on Social Security, they will carry the torch on Medicare, they will carry the torch on the Affordable Care Act,” Jeffries said.

Vice President Kamala Harris, Jeffries said, “ends with a positive outlook,” while former President Donald Trump and his Republican Party “try to tear us apart.”

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Jeffries will become House speaker if Democrats regain control of the chamber this week.

“The majority of current House Republicans voted not to certify the 2020 election,” Jeffries said. “My colleagues across the aisle do not seem able to say unequivocally that they will certify the election and the verdict rendered by the American people.”

“As House Democrats, that’s what we will do,” Jeffries added.

“We believe in democracy even if we don’t agree with the outcome. It’s part of what has made America the greatest democracy in the history of the world.”

November 4, 7:30 a.m.

Candidates vie for every vote in key states

Highlighting the importance of Pennsylvania and its 19 electoral votes to her campaign, Kamala Harris is spending her last full day on the trail with multiple events in the state.

His voter search includes a rally in Allentown, then it ends with an event in Philadelphia.

PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Jenison Field House on the campus of Michigan State University, November 3, 2024, in East Lansing, Michigan (Paul Sancya /AP)PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Jenison Field House on the campus of Michigan State University, November 3, 2024, in East Lansing, Michigan (Paul Sancya /AP)

PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Jenison Field House on the campus of Michigan State University, November 3, 2024, in East Lansing, Michigan (Paul Sancya /AP)

Donald Trump is trying to shore up his support in battleground North Carolina – where Harris has made inroads – ahead of a rally in Raleigh, before also traveling to Pennsylvania for events in Reading and Pittsburgh before wrapping up his last day of campaigning in Grand Rapids, Michigan. .

PHOTO: Former President Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate, smiles during a campaign rally at the Kinston Regional Jetport, November 3, 2024, in Kinston, North Carolina (Evan Vucci/AP)PHOTO: Former President Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate, smiles during a campaign rally at the Kinston Regional Jetport, November 3, 2024, in Kinston, North Carolina (Evan Vucci/AP)

PHOTO: Former President Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate, smiles during a campaign rally at the Kinston Regional Jetport, November 3, 2024, in Kinston, North Carolina (Evan Vucci/AP)

November 4, 7:19 a.m.

Early voting exceeds 78 million

As of 5:30 a.m. ET on Monday, more than 78 million Americans had voted early (a combination of mail-in and early in-person totals), according to the Election Laboratory at the University of Florida.

The total breaks down to 42,654,364 in-person early votes and 35,348,858 returned absentee ballots.

The number of in-person early votes exceeded the total number of in-person early votes from 2020. However, the total number of early votes so far (including mail-in and mail-in votes) remains lower than the overall 2020 number .

-Oren Oppenheim of ABC News

PHOTO: A mother and son join other Mecklenburg County residents waiting in line to vote at a polling location on the last day of early voting in the state, in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 2, 2024. (Jonathan Drake/Reuters)PHOTO: A mother and son join other Mecklenburg County residents waiting in line to vote at a polling location on the last day of early voting in the state, in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 2, 2024. (Jonathan Drake/Reuters)

PHOTO: A mother and son join other Mecklenburg County residents waiting in line to vote at a polling location on the last day of early voting in the state, in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 2, 2024. (Jonathan Drake/Reuters)