LIVE 2024 US Election Updates: Florida Looks Towards Marijuana; Harris vows peace in Gaza while Trump labels Democrats ‘demonic’
LIVE US Election 2024 Updates: Bitter rivals Kamala Harris and Donald Trump launched their latest campaign blitz on Monday, both targeting crucial Pennsylvania in what is being described as the tightest and most volatile US presidential election in history.
If elected, Harris would make history as the first female president in the 248-year history of the United States, and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to hold the office. Although Harris and her campaign have downplayed the focus on gender and race to avoid alienating potential supporters, the historical significance of her victory is said to be profound.
Republican Trump is confident of a “landslide” victory as he seeks a dramatic return to the White House, while Democrat Harris claims “momentum” is on her side in her bid to become America’s first female president.
On the other hand, a Trump victory would mark a different kind of historical milestone. He would be the first person convicted of a crime to be elected US president after facing 34 felony charges in a New York hush-money case just over five months ago.
Right-wing tech mogul Elon Musk has courted controversy with his $1 million giveaways to registered voters, while Kamala Harris has leaned on the star power of former President Barack Obama, former First Lady Michelle Obama and singer Beyoncé to boost her campaign.
In contrast, outgoing President Biden has been noticeably absent from the campaign trail since making headlines last week for calling Trump’s supporters “trash.”
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LIVE US Election 2024 Updates: Harris and Trump will both make a furious final day before Election Day
A presidential campaign that has dragged itself through a felony trial, an incumbent president pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts amounts to a final assault on a handful of states on the eve of Election Day.
Kamala Harris will spend all of Monday in Pennsylvania, where the 19 electoral votes will provide the biggest prize among the states expected to determine the outcome of the Electoral College. The vice president and Democratic nominee will visit working-class neighborhoods including Allentown, ending with a late-night rally in Philadelphia, also attended by Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey.
Donald Trump plans four rallies in three states, starting in Raleigh, North Carolina and stopping twice in Pennsylvania with events in Reading and Pittsburgh. The Republican candidate and former president is ending his campaign the way he ended the first two: with an event late Monday night in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (AP)
LIVE Updates US elections 2024: Latest US campaign blitz for Harris and Trump
Bitter rivals Kamala Harris and Donald Trump embark on a final frenzied campaign blitz on Monday, with both reaching Pennsylvania on the final day of the most exciting and volatile US presidential election in history.
Republican Trump has promised a “landslide” as he seeks a sensational return to the White House, while Democrat Harris said “momentum” was on the side of her bid to become America’s first female president.
But the polls suggest a different story on the eve of Election Day: total polling gridlock nationally and in the seven swing states where the outcome is expected to be decided. (AFP)
US Election 2024 LIVE updates: Here’s what to watch as Election Day approaches in the US
Election Day in the United States is now often considered election week, as each state follows its own rules and practices for counting ballots — not to mention legal challenges — that can delay the outcome. But the truth is, no one knows how long it will take before the winner is announced this time.
In 2020, The Associated Press declared President Joe Biden the winner on Saturday afternoon – four days after polls closed. But even then, the AP called North Carolina for Trump 10 days after Election Day and Georgia for Biden 16 days later after manual recounts.
On the eve of Election Day, it is unclear which voters will show up to cast their ballots on Tuesday.
More than 77 million people participated in early voting – in person or by mail. So many people have already voted that some officials say the polls in states like Georgia could be a “ghost town” on Election Day.
A key reason for the increase is that Trump has generally encouraged his supporters to vote early this time, a reversal from 2020, when he called on Republicans to vote only in person on Election Day. Early voting numbers confirm that millions of Republicans have heeded Trump’s call in recent weeks. (AP)
US elections 2024 LIVE: Harris vows peace in Gaza, Trump’s tone darkens in final hours
Kamala Harris courted voters angry about the Gaza war, while Donald Trump doubled down on his violent rhetoric with a comment about journalists being shot as the tense US election campaign entered its final hours.
The Democratic vice president and the Republican former president frantically stormed several swing states as they tried to win over the last holdouts with less than 36 hours to go until polls open on Election Day on Tuesday. (AFP)
