Donald Trump, Kamala Harris traverse battleground states in final dash for White House

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival former president Donald Trump are leaving nothing to chance ahead of the Tuesday vote, making a passionate appeal to their countrymen to support and send them to the White House. “We...

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Washington, Updated At : 05:35 AM Nov 04, 2024 IST

Opinion polls suggest Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris are locked in a close battle.

“We will win,” Vice President Harris told thousands of her cheering supporters in Wisconsin urging them it’s time to turn a page and bring in a new generation of leadership in America. She plans to make closing arguments in the battleground states of Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania ahead of voting.

Trump also has a hectic schedule in the three swing states as well as North Carolina. Addressing his supporters in Virginia, the former president promised to bring in a new era of peace and prosperity in the country. He continued to charge Harris of being a liberal Left radical.

Opinion polls show a historically close race, and both campaigns say they are not sure who will prevail in seven states that are likely to determine the outcome on Tuesday. Both candidates have multiple pathways to victory running through the seven battleground states of Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia.

To win, a candidate needs 272 electoral college votes. According to 272towin.com, Harris is assured of 226 electoral votes and Trump of 219. While Harris needs 44 additional electoral college votes to reach the magic figure of 272, Trump requires 51.

Political pundits believe Pennsylvania (with 19 electoral college votes) and Michigan (15 electoral college votes) are now the ground zero. Latest polls indicate that it’s too close to call in both states.

According to RealClearPolitics.Com, which tracks major opinion polls, Trump has an edge of 1.1 percentage points in these states. Trump and Harris are addressing multiple rallies, as are their running mates Tim Walz and JD Vance. Hundreds of Indian-Americans from either side have been campaigning in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia.