US Elections 2024 | 'Shouldn't Have Left White House': Trump in Last Push for Voters

Addressing a crowd at Kamala Harris campaign rally in Wisconsin on Sunday, Obama chastised Trump for questioning if he is more Greek than NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo. Calling Antetokounmpo a “seriously good player”, Trump asked the Milwaukee crowd, “Tell me, who has more Greek in him, the Greek or me?”

“Hopefully everything will work out well, we’re way leading, all we have to do is close it out,” Trump said. “If we get everybody out and vote there’s not a thing they can do.”

“Going to defeat Kamala, and make America great again,” said Trump concluding his campaign address. 

Trump further proposed imposing a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico, claiming that “Mexicans have taken over our country.”

In his remarks, Trump also criticized Harris directly, labeling her a “low IQ individual.” He framed his message as part of his broader plan to “fix the country,” appealing to his supporters with promises of decisive action on immigration.

As the presidential race enters its final stretch, Donald Trump launched a fierce attack on Vice President Kamala Harris, focusing on immigration and border security. Speaking at a rally, Trump emphasized the need for stronger measures against what he described as an “invasion” of the U.S. from Mexico.

“One of the first calls I will make is to Mexico. They need to stop the flow into our borders,” Trump declared. He criticized the new Mexican president, stating, “Mexico needs to stop everything it sends to us.” 

Election Day is nearly upon us. In a matter of hours, the final votes in the 2024 presidential election will be cast.

In a deeply divided nation, the election is a true toss-up between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.

We know there are seven battleground states that will decide the outcome, barring a major surprise. But major questions persist about the timing of the results, the makeup of the electorate, the influx of misinformation — even the possibility of political violence. At the same time, both sides are prepared for a protracted legal battle that could complicate things further.

Here's what to watch on the eve of Election Day 2024: History will be made either way Given all the twists and turns in recent months, it's easy to overlook the historical significance of this election.

 The US will on Tuesday vote to elect its 47th President in a fierce race between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic leader Kamala Harris that is set to go down in history as one of the tightest fights for the White House in decades.

As the countdown for election day began, Former President Trump raked up the bitter memories of the 2020 election as said he "shouldn't have left" the White House, triggering apprehensions that he was preparing the ground to not accept the outcome of the November 5 voting if he loses the contest.

"I shouldn't have left. I mean, honestly, because...we did so well," the former President said at a rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania.

Following the election that brought Joe Biden to power, Trump alleged fraud in the voting process and challenged the outcome in courts which rejected his claims.

In her closing remarks in the key battleground state of Michigan, Harris said she would be a president for all Americans and spoke about the need to turn the page on "hate and division" while Trump continued his tirade against his Democratic rival.

Former US president Donald Trump is 'clearly the better choice,' as compared to his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris, former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said.

Haley urged undecided voters to look at both candidates’ policy proposals, which she said clearly show Trump as the better option in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published two days before Election Day.

"I don't agree with Trump 100 per cent of the time. But I do agree with him most of the time, and I disagree with Harris nearly all the time. That makes this an easy call. Here are the facts most relevant to me," the former South Carolina governor wrote in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday.

Batting for her former boss, the Indian American wrote; “Will Trump do some things I don't like in a second term? I'm sure he will. If that was the question before voters, then I imagine Trump would lose. But that isn't the question in any election.

In her final campaign event in swing state of Michigan, Harris said that she would be the president of all Americans.

“Our campaign has not been about being against something, it is about being for something. A fight for a future with freedom and opportunity and dignity for all Americans,” said Harris.

In the rally in Detroit, Harris drew a sharp contrast with Trump who has called Democrats as “demonic”, dubbed rivals “the enemy within”, has called for the deployment of military against rivals, and declared the intention to rule like a dictator on day one of the second term. Throughout her campaign, a central theme of her campaign has been telling voters what she is not — she is not Trump.

Harris said that the election has “the power to decide the fate of our nation for generations to come”.

In an apparent response to Trump’s rhetoric, Harris at one point went to say that she did not believe “people who disagree with me are the enemy”.

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On election eve in the United States, the presidential race is deadlocked. The polls are exceptionally close across the country and in all the swing states – Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin in the industrial midwest; Nevada and Arizona in the west; and Georgia and North Carolina in the south.

The final New York Times/Siena poll shows Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris leading by a very small margin or tied with Republican former President Donald Trump in all the swing states. The exception is Arizona, where Trump leads by a few percentage points.

While there is no clear favourite to win, there are several critical factors that will driving voters’ decisions on Election Day. This is what to watch.

Republicans turning against Trump Trump’s favourability is stuck around 43 per cent in nationwide polling. In the past two presidential elections, he fell short of taking 50 per cent of the national popular vote. As president, he never achieved over 50 per cent favourability. And he has never topped 50 per cent since leaving office.

On Sunday, the Trump campaign announced that it will launch a Bus Tour in Pennsylvania from October 21. Prominent among them include Indian American Kash Patel.

According to NBC News, both campaigns have blanketed the state in recent months, with their presidential and vice presidential nominees making about 50 appearances over the past three months, easily the greatest total of any swing state.

Where will these Republican voters ultimately land on Tuesday? Probably half want to vote Republican and will go with Trump. Others will not be able to bring themselves to vote for Harris and will simply not vote for president. Others will switch their support to Harris. Indeed, there has never been such a swelling of support from members of one party to support the other party’s presidential candidate.

Harris needs those “Republicans for Harris” votes. In addition, she’ll need to replicate the coalition of young voters, voters of colour and women who backed current President Joe Biden against Trump in 2020 in those same swing states and nationally. Her favourability ratings are higher than Trump, at around 46 per cent. The closer a presidential candidate is to 50 per cent approval ratings, the better their chance of winning the election.

Kamala Harris reached out to voters upset about the Gaza war, while Donald Trump made controversial remarks about journalists being shot as the US election campaign neared its end. Both candidates rushed through key swing states to sway undecided voters with less than 36 hours until polls open on Tuesday.

Trump claimed he would win by a “landslide,” while Harris rallied supporters in Michigan, saying, “we have momentum — it’s on our side.” 

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Ahead of US Elections 2024 , a recent AtlasIntel poll showed former President Donald Trump leading in all seven critical swing states. Conducted in early November, the survey indicated that Trump currently holds 49% of the national vote, with Republicans enjoying a slim 1.8% lead over Democrats. His advantage in these swing states highlighted the decisive role they could play in the election’s outcome.

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Trump will likely spend the very early hours of Election Day in Michigan, where he is scheduled to hold a final late-night rally in Grand Rapids as has become his tradition. The Republican candidate plans to spend the rest of the day in Florida, where he is expected to vote in person -- despite previously saying he would vote early. He's scheduled to hold a campaign watch party in Palm Beach Tuesday night.

More than 200 languages are spoken in New York, according to the Department of City Planning, backing the claim of it being the melting pot of America. However, the ballot papers in the US presidential elections will have only four other languages apart from English. And guess what? Bengali represents the Indian languages in this list.

The US will on Tuesday vote to elect its 47th President.

Donald Trump plans four rallies in three states, beginning in Raleigh, North Carolina and stopping twice in Pennsylvania with events in Reading and Pittsburgh. The Republican nominee and former president ends his campaign the way he ended the first two, with a late Monday night event in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
 

Kamala Harris will spend all of Monday in Pennsylvania, whose 19 electoral votes offer the largest prize among the states expected to determine the Electoral College outcome. The vice president and Democratic nominee will visit working-class areas including Allentown and end with a late-night Philadelphia rally that includes Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey.
 

Former US president Donald Trump is 'clearly the better choice,' as compared to his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris, former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said. Haley urged undecided voters to look at both candidates’ policy proposals, which she said clearly show Trump as the better option in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published two days before Election Day.

"I don't agree with Trump 100 per cent of the time. But I do agree with him most of the time, and I disagree with Harris nearly all the time. That makes this an easy call. Here are the facts most relevant to me," the former South Carolina governor wrote in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday.

Batting for her former boss, the Indian American wrote; “Will Trump do some things I don't like in a second term? I'm sure he will. If that was the question before voters, then I imagine Trump would lose. But that isn't the question in any election.

"No politician gets everything right. For those of us who are clear-eyed enough to see Trump's flaws and honest enough to acknowledge them, the question is whether we're better off with his policies or his opponent's. On taxes, spending, inflation, immigration, energy and national security, the candidates are miles apart. And Trump is clearly the better choice," she wrote.

Trump revived falsehoods about elections and argued that he can only lose to Democrat Kamala Harris if he is cheated, even though polls suggest a very tight race.

“It’s a crooked country," Trump railed to his crowd on a chilly airport tarmac, returning to the grievance that had defined the early days of his campaign. “They’ll want to put you in jail because you want to make it straight. Think of it, think of it. They cheat in elections and you call them on it and they want to put you in jail.”

Trump was indicted for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in both Washington and Georgia.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance held a rally in New Hampshire on Sunday, expressing his hope to turn the state red after President Joe Biden's victory there in 2020.

"I believe that in two days, we're going to turn New Hampshire red and make Donald Trump the next president of the United States," Vance told the audience at the New England Sports Center.

A recent University of New Hampshire poll indicated that Vice President Kamala Harris has a five-point lead in the Granite State.

Trump delivered a more subdued, on-script speech to a Georgia crowd at his third and final rally on Sunday. Describing a potential second-term Trump administration, he stated, “We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history. … It’ll be nasty a little bit at times, and maybe at the beginning in particular." However, Trump did not elaborate on what he meant by “nasty.”

After previously suggesting that former Rep. Liz Cheney wouldn't be so hawkish if “guns are trained on her face,” Trump mentioned her again, claiming that Vice President Harris is struggling with Arab and Muslim voters due to her association with Cheney.

“And then they wonder why Kamala is doing so deadly with the Arab Muslim population in Michigan. You see that? They’re doing bad,” Trump remarked, adding, “Who the hell is going to vote for her? Her father unleashed a spree of death in all of their countries."

Trump delivered a more subdued, on-script speech to a Georgia crowd at his third and final rally today. Describing a potential second-term Trump administration, he stated, “We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history. … It’ll be nasty a little bit at times, and maybe at the beginning in particular." However, Trump did not elaborate on what he meant by “nasty.”

After previously suggesting that former Rep. Liz Cheney wouldn't be so hawkish if “guns are trained on her face,” Trump mentioned her again, claiming that Vice President Harris is struggling with Arab and Muslim voters due to her association with Cheney.

“And then they wonder why Kamala is doing so deadly with the Arab Muslim population in Michigan. You see that? They’re doing bad,” Trump remarked, adding, “Who the hell is going to vote for her? Her father unleashed a spree of death in all of their countries."

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said that during her travel across the nation she could see people determined to turn the page on hatred and division, and chart a new way forward. "Here is what feeds my spirit as I travel across our beautiful nation from state to state and from church to church. I see faith in action in remarkable ways. I see a nation determined to turn the page on hatred and division and chart a new way forward," Harris said in her speech at a church in Detroit, Michigan, a battleground state.

She said that during her campaign, she found that Americans from the so-called red states and the so-called blue states are ready to bend the arc of history toward justice.

"I see an incredible number of our young people, our young leaders. Oh! It would inspire you to see how they are organizing for change. What I love about that generation, they are quite impatient in a most wonderful way. As I travel our nation, I see neighbours helping neighbours who were perfect strangers before. But now neighbours recover and rebuild from disasters," she said, giving her description of the country as she enters the final stretch of her presidential campaign.

She also said there are those who seek to deepen divisions, sow hate, spread fear, and cause chaos but "this moment in our nation has to be about so much more than partisan politics".

"I see voters standing together to defend freedom... It must be about the good work we can do together, about our fundamental values, and about us as Americans and as people of faith," she said.

Vice President Kamala Harris is leading 47 percent to 44 percent over former President Donald Trump among likely voters in Iowa, a new poll showed two days ahead of the high-stakes election for the White House. Trump was quick to reject the poll as "fake" and "skewed". He said it was carried to favour his Democratic rival.

"One of my enemies just puts out a poll -- I am 3 down. (Iowa Senator) Joni Ernst called me, everyone's called me, they said you are killing in Iowa. The farmers love me and I love them," he said at a rally in key battleground state of Pennsylvania.

Trump said the poll released on Saturday was "fake". "I am not down in Iowa."

To win the elections, a candidates needs 270 of the electoral college votes. Latest opinion polls indicate that the elections will be decided by the results in seven battle ground states of Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia.

Of these, Michigan and Pennsylvania play key role to them reaching the 270-mark.

The presidential race appears to be hurtling toward a photo finish, with the final set of polls by The New York Times and Siena College finding Harris gaining new strength in North Carolina and Georgia even as Trump erases her lead in Pennsylvania and maintains his advantage in Arizona, the daily reported Sunday.

According to The New York Times, Harris is now narrowly ahead in Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin, the polls show, while Trump leads in Arizona.

"The polls show them locked in close races in Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania. But the results in all seven states are within the margin of sampling error, meaning neither candidate has a definitive lead in any of them," the daily reported.

The Real Clear Politics, which tracks all the major national and battleground polls, said it's a tie between Trump and Harris. In the national polls, Trump leads by 0.1 percentage points, and in battleground states the former president has an edge of 0.9 percentage points.

In the battleground states, as per Real Clear Politics, Trump has a lead, though within the margin of error, in Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Arizona; while Harris has an edge in Michigan and Wisconsin.

"The presidential race is tight, and neither candidate has a clear lead," The Hill said.

In its final poll, the NBC News said the poll shows Harris getting support from 49 per cent of registered voters in a head-to-head matchup, while Trump gets an identical 49 per cent. "Just two percent of voters say they're unsure about the choice," the news channel said.

Trump continued his remarks by criticising migrants, describing the United States as “now an occupied country” and declaring November 4 as “liberation day.” He accused Vice President Harris of “importing” criminals and promised to speed up the deportation of criminal gangs.

He reiterated his intention to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which permits the deportation of non-citizens during wartime, and advocated for the death penalty for any migrant who kills an American or a law enforcement officer. He also pledged to ban sanctuary cities immediately.

Shifting focus to the economy, Trump said, “We’ll handle inflation, you know how we’ll handle it, we’ll drill, drill, drill,” while advising Robert F. Kennedy to stay out of the “liquid gold.” He then briefly spoke about ISIS, claiming he defeated the group in four weeks.

On Sunday night, former President Donald Trump reiterated his intent to give Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broad responsibilities if elected, despite Kennedy’s recent controversial policy ideas. At a rally in Macon, Georgia, Trump said, “I told a great guy, RFK Jr., Bobby — I said, ‘Bobby, you work on women’s health, you work on health, you work on what we eat. You work on pesticides. You work on everything.’”

Trump had previously suggested that Kennedy would handle a health-related role in his administration. On Saturday, Kennedy shared a post on social media stating that a Trump administration would “advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water,” citing its alleged links to various medical issues. Trump responded on Sunday, saying, “sounds OK to me.”

On Sunday, former President Donald Trump held his third rally of the day in Macon, Georgia, following earlier stops in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. “I love this state. I love Georgia. I love Georgia,” he expressed to the crowd. “I’m thrilled to be back in this incredible place with thousands of proud, hardworking American patriots.”

He continued, “And we’re bringing this country back fast. We’re going to bring it back fast. I’d like to begin by asking you a very simple question: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?”

During a Sunday rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump stated that he "shouldn't have left" the White House, while highlighting his achievements during his time in office. Discussing his management of the southern border and the economy, he said, "We had the safest border in the history of our country the day that I left," adding, "I shouldn't have left, I mean honestly."

Trump has consistently and falsely, claimed that fraud influenced the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to President Joe Biden. Following the election, he pursued legal challenges in multiple states, but these fraud claims were ultimately dismissed by the courts.