Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their final pitches to voters on Monday, the last full day of campaigning before Election Day dawns.
Trump is on stage in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Harris campaign is cheering the news that its candidate has taken a marginal lead in several key swing states in the final New York Times/Siena College poll, making gains in Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia.
The vice president will be joined by celebrities Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin, and The Roots in Philadelphia this evening as Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera support her in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas. Trump, meanwhile, is also concentrating on the pivotal swing state of Pennsylvania, delivering rallies in Reading and Pittsburgh before closing in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
On Sunday, the Republican nominee predicted he would win the vote in a “landslide” but warned that his prospective second term would be “nasty” during a rally in Macon, Georgia.
Trump had already spoken in Kinston, North Carolina, and Lititz, Pennsylvania, causing controversy at the latter event by saying he should never have left the White House after losing to Joe Biden in 2020 and joked about journalists getting shot.
Key Points
- Kamala Harris leading in four swing states in respected late poll
- Donald Trump promises ‘landslide’ win but says his second term could get ‘nasty’
- Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera among celebrities campaigning for Harris on final day
- Where are Harris and Trump campaigning on Monday?
- Trump boasts sniper would have to ‘shoot through fake news’ to get him
Trump hits back at former chief of staff
16:50
Gustaf Kilander
Trump’s longest-serving Chief of Staff John Kelly has said that the former president fits the description of a “fascist.”
Trump responded on Monday, saying that he should have been fired and calling him a “disaster.”
The former president also said former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley “should have been fired.”
“All those generals – Kelly should have been, Kelly was such a disaster. Some people are good, some people are not good, some people are stupid,” Trump said.
Trump jokes that Biden voted for him
16:41
Gustaf Kilander
Trump joked on Monday that Biden “probably” voted for him because of what the former president said is his dislike for Kamala Harris.
“He actually hates my guts, but he likes Trump more than he likes Kamala,” he said.
“He just got 14 million votes,” Trump said in reference to the Democratic primary.
Trump responded to a member of the audience who suggested that Biden voted for him.
“That's one of the ladies from North Carolina. She said he voted for me – probably did,” Trump said.
Trump repeats false FEMA claim
16:30
Gustaf Kilander
Trump once again made the false claim that FEMA funds were allocated to help undocumented migrants.
“FEMA did a horrible job. The administration – they're still not there. You know why? Because they've spent all their money on bringing in murderers and a lot of people,” Trump said on Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina, speaking about hurricanes striking Florida, North Carolina, and other states. “They spent all their money on bringing in illegal migrants. They've also taken a lot of your jobs, especially jobs from the Black population.”
Trump appears to reference Access Hollywood tape
16:21
Gustaf Kilander
Trump appeared to reference the infamous Access Hollywood tape which was published late in the 2016 campaign in which he said he could grab women by their genitals because of his fame.
Discussing Elon Musk’s and SpaceX’s rocket boosters, Trump said, “And those two big arms, you saw the arms, they grab that thing like you grab your beautiful baby ... Years ago, I would have said something else, but I've learned.”
He added: “I would have been a little bit more risque.”
Trump made similar comments over the weekend:
Donald Trump just made a “grab her by the pussy” reference on the stump just now.
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) November 2, 2024
TRUMP: “In the old days I would have said like you grab your…..now I don’t say that anymore.”
Really going out with bang. pic.twitter.com/MUUtDFYym7
“Then you see those arms, like you grab your beautiful baby, your beautiful child … In the old days, I would have said like you grab your — girlfriend,” Trump said over the weekend.
“Now I don’t say that anymore. I say, like you grabbed your child. And those big arms came in and they grabbed that sucker and they held it in place like you grabbed your child. And I said, ‘That’s unbelievable’,” he added.
Trump claims to have had ‘great relationship’ with former president of Mexico as he announces 25% tariff
16:06
Gustaf Kilander
Trump claimed to have had a “great relationship” with the former president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
“He was a socialist, but you can’t have everything,” Trump told the audience in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Trump said he may impose a 25 percent tariff on Mexico if he returns to office.
“Now we have a new president in Mexico, I suppose, a very nice woman ... I haven't met her, and I'm going to inform her on day one or sooner, that if they don't stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs coming into our country, I'm going to immediately impose a 25 percent tariff on everything they send into the United States of America,” Trump said.
Trump takes stage in Raleigh, North Carolina
15:58
Gustaf Kilander
Donald Trump has taken the stage at his rally in Raleigh, North Carolina.
He asked the crowd if they were better off than they were four years ago, to which the crowd responded with a thunderous “no.”
“I've asked that question so many times, I’ve never had one hand go up for the other,” Trump said.
Cardi B hits back at Kamala Harris speech critics in expletive rant
15:40
Lucy Leeson
Cardi B has fired back at critics over her Kamala Harris rally speech in an expletive rant.
The 32-year-old has faced backlash for using her cellphone to read her speech at the Vice President’s rally in Milwaukee on Friday (1 November).
The rapper, who previously hit out at Elon Musk for calling her a puppet who “can’t even talk without being fed the words”, posted a video on TikTok to respond to the criticism she received.
She said: “I worked so hard, bro. I worked so hard on my speech and a lot of y’all talkin’ about like “Oh why are you reading it from your phone?’
“B****, I had to write that s*** down.”
Trump crowd underwhelms again
15:11
Joe Sommerlad
We saw a sea of bored faces behind the former president at his events yesterday and the turnout for his first appearance of the day is not particularly impressive either, not what he would have wanted to see.
Trump is yet to take the stage despite advertising a 10am ET start.
Trump is kicking off Monday morning with a rally at an arena in Raleigh
— Michael Gold (@migold) November 4, 2024
It’s far from a full house, and no line outside. pic.twitter.com/4RwGqZaycU
Live: Trump rallies his supporters in Raleigh, North Carolina
14:55
Joe Sommerlad
Donald Trump is kicking off the first of four rallies today shortly in North Carolina before moving on to Reading and Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and finally ending up in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
You can watch his address in Raleigh live below.
‘We all need to brace for the coming storm no matter who wins’
14:40
Joe Sommerlad
The presidential candidates are neck-and-neck but there are dark truths about what the US and the world will face next, argues author and broadcaster Gabriel Gatehouse, who has spent years charting the key events that have brought us to this perilous moment
Watch: Harris’s cousin says family fears for her safety in election
14:20
Joe Sommerlad
Majority of Latino voters in Pennsylvania considered Puerto Rico joke racist
14:00
Joe Sommerlad
The fallout from Tony Hinchcliffe’s “floating island of garbage” crack at Madison Square Garden continues as a Univision/YouGov poll finds a majority of Latino voters in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, which is home to 500,000 or so people of Puerto Rican heritage, consider the gag “racist rather than humorous”.
A further 67 percent say the gag is indicative of racism within the Trump campaign, 45 percent said it makes them “much more likely” to vote Harris and another 48 percent believe it will make “people they know” more likely to vote for Harris.
A majority say the remarks make them more likely to back Harris.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 4, 2024
A slightly larger majority says the remarks make *people they know* more likely to back Harris. pic.twitter.com/vXdqznuyFv
Trump says RFK Jr’s plan to remove fluoride from water ‘sounds OK’ as he refuses to rule out banning vaccines
13:40
Joe Sommerlad
Donald Trump has said that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s plans to ban fluoride from drinking water “sounds OK to me” as he also refused to rule out banning some vaccines if he secures a second term in the White House.
The Republican presidential candidate recently announced that he would give RFK Jr free rein to do “anything he wants” and “go wild” over health, food and medicines during his potential second administration.
One such plan floated by RFK Jr is to remove fluoride, a mineral used to prevent tooth decay, from the nation’s drinking water supply – and Trump appears to be on board.
“Well, I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but it sounds OK to me,” the former president told NBC News’s Dasha Burns during a phone call on Sunday.
“You know, it’s possible.”
Some of the names Trump is dropping regarding his prospective next administration are... interesting.
Trump: We will build a missile defense shield.. We’ll put Herschel Walker in charge of that little sucker pic.twitter.com/ZN0yHTGf2M
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 4, 2024
James Liddell has more on RFK Jr.
Conservative megachurch pastor endorses Harris: ‘She can pass a background check’
13:20
Joe Sommerlad
Pastor Dwight McKissic Sr of the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, says that he hates abortion and is opposed to gay marriage but will be voting Democrat for the first time in 40 years tomorrow anyway.
Why?
“The GOP I loved would have never chosen as its nominee the adulterous, childish, habitually lying and criminally convicted Donald Trump.”
This observation might be even more damning: “There’s a scripture in the seventh chapter of Matthew that says a tree that doesn’t bear good fruit should be cut down and tossed into the fire. That’s how I think evangelicals should treat today’s Republican Party.”
His thoughts are well worth your time.
I’m a conservative evangelical pastor who's voting for Kamala Harris https://t.co/ubO9YCOf00
— Dwight McKissic (@pastordmack) November 3, 2024
Polling guru Nate Silver calls White House race ‘pure toss-up’
13:00
Joe Sommerlad
According to Silver’s latest Substack post, Trump has a 51.5 percent chance of winning the Electoral College by his reckoning while Harris’s odds are around 48.1 percent.
Morning model update.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 3, 2024
NYT swing state polls good for Harris but not great.
Morning Consult swing state polls good for Trump but not great.
It’s a pure toss-up. All the numbers at the link.https://t.co/vsGVG189Sa pic.twitter.com/N5Sc4RiBYN
Will Michael Jordan endorse Trump?
12:40
Joe Sommerlad
There is a great deal of search interest in the above question this morning but, so far, there appears to be no indication that the NBA legend will do any such thing.
It may just be wishful thinking on MAGA’s part, envious of Harris winning LeBron James’s influential vote last week.
What are we even talking about here?? When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!! pic.twitter.com/tYYlTmQS6e
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 31, 2024
Harris on Trump prematurely declaring victory: ‘Do not fall for his tactic’
12:20
Joe Sommerlad
Rather than resort to personal insults, as the Republican himself might well have done in the same circumstances, the VP offered a cool and dispassionate message to voters yesterday about the prospect of Trumpian mendacity coming into play on election night.
Kamala Harris on how her campaign will respond if Trump declares premature early: "I would ask in particular people who have not yet voted to not fall for his tactic, which I think includes suggesting to people that if they vote their vote won't matter ... it is meant to distract… pic.twitter.com/PJ5Cil6rWE
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 3, 2024
Meanwhile, here’s Tim Walz and Michael Stipe of REM having some fun at the Repbulican’s expense on stage in Cobb County, Georgia, last night.
Tim Walz: You know how on your phone you have a lock screen? You got your kids, your grandkids, you got your car. Donald's got a picture of himself on his phone. True story. Can we agree that's weird behavior? pic.twitter.com/SQXCM4mV0w
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 3, 2024
Michael Stipe in Atlanta getting the crowd to sign “it’s time to go V. O. T. E.” to the tune of “YMCA” pic.twitter.com/xYMHiGUwna
— Cat Ladies for Kamala (@catladieskamala) November 3, 2024
Trump struggles to energise North Carolina crowd with crude attacks
12:00
Joe Sommerlad
OK here’s one final collection of Trump clips from yesterday, this time in Kinston, North Carolina, his first of the day and at which he appeared just as exhausted as he did at his later events.
The Republican’s attacks on Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have been heard many times before and singularly failed to whip up the crowd.
Trump accuses Kamala Harris of doing "the worst job ever on hurricane salvage and removal" pic.twitter.com/UzGJ9HGjjG
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 3, 2024
get a load of how dead Trump's crowd is as he slurs his way through an EXTREMELY low energy speech. pic.twitter.com/NelfsEcEXb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 3, 2024
it appears frivolous lawsuits against CBS aren't jazzing up the crowd. It might take more sex acts on the mic to get people back. https://t.co/IsKnctlkAC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 3, 2024
The night before, he had been in Greensboro in the same state, where, under hellish red lighting, he welcomed a supporter’s offensive heckle about Harris.
Trump gets ‘equal time’ from NBC at Nascar rally after Harris SNL appearance
11:40
Joe Sommerlad
NBC gave Donald Trump’s campaign two free commercial slots on Sunday following a backlash over Kamala Harris’s Saturday Night Live appearance, with Republicans arguing that the network had flouted the Federal Communications Commission’s “equal time” rules by allowing the Vice President to appear but not the former president.
Live from New York, it's Saturday night.pic.twitter.com/qQ2IJdqqFA
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 3, 2024
Trump took to the airwaves to deliver a bruising 60-second, pre-recorded message, which was shown towards the end of both Sunday evening’s Nascar playoff race and the big NFL Sunday Night Football game.
Sporting a red MAGA hat, Trump urged viewers to get out and vote just two days from election day, warning that Harris would trigger a “depression” across the US if she won.
Here’s more from James Liddell and Graeme Massie.
Trump boasts sniper would have to ‘shoot through fake news’ to get him
11:20
Joe Sommerlad
Perhaps an even more shocking line from the Republican yesterday was this interlude about the prospect of reporters being shot by an assassin trying to get to him, a comment perhaps suggesting he has still not properly processed what happened to him in Butler on July 13, an experience that would be traumatic for anyone.
Trump: "To get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news and I don't mind that so much. I don't mind that." pic.twitter.com/TFOGN2PTLb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 3, 2024
John Bowden brings us this one.
Trump says he should never have left the White House in 2020
11:00
Joe Sommerlad
Let’s get back to the Republican’s haggard performances on the campaign trail on Sunday.
We’ve already seen Trump in Georgia but, prior to that, Trump addressed a crowd in Lititz, Pennsylvania, and openly lamented leaving the Oval Office four years ago, STILL refusing to accept what was an overwhelmingly clear defeat by Biden that his associates fought to debunk in court and simply could not for want of evidence.
Trump is really leaning into pushing baseless preemptive claims of election fraud today, which is how you know he's losing pic.twitter.com/ulAgFA9x40
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 3, 2024
He also had some other disturbing remarks to make about climate change, Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Obamas, asylum seekers and the bizarre fantasy prospect of college wrestlers battling illegal immigrants.
Trump refers to AOC as a "girl" and says of climate change, "it's all a big hoax" pic.twitter.com/XGlg5TbsMo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 3, 2024
Trump more or less admits defeat: "It's going bad. And it can never get fixed because we're never gonna get the right people in because of what they do with the elections." pic.twitter.com/bFDrZsfIvC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 3, 2024
Trump is almost whispering while his crowd in Pennsylvania sits in silence as he demonstrates that he doesn't know the difference between asylum protections and insane asylums pic.twitter.com/TDOMHBVoq3
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 3, 2024
a slurry Trump is now daydreaming about college wrestlers squaring off in fights against migrants pic.twitter.com/mLVgj2R56L
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 3, 2024
Here’s more from Rhian Lubin.
New York Times Editorial Board attacks ‘unfit’ Trump on election eve
10:40
Joe Sommerlad
Without mentioning Kamala Harris by name, the newspaper’s editorial board comes out strongly against the Republican nominee with the following statement:
“You already know Donald Trump. He is unfit to lead. Watch him. Listen to those who know him best. He tried to subvert an election and remains a threat to democracy. He helped overturn Roe, with terrible consequences. Mr. Trump’s corruption and lawlessness go beyond elections: It’s his whole ethos. He lies without limit. If he’s re-elected, the G.O.P. won’t restrain him. Mr. Trump will use the government to go after opponents. He will pursue a cruel policy of mass deportations. He will wreak havoc on the poor, the middle class and employers. Another Trump term will damage the climate, shatter alliances and strengthen autocrats. Americans should demand better. Vote.”
Given that rival outlets like The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and USA Today have controversially declined to offer an endorsement either way, this is strong stuff from the NYT.
Here’s more.
Harris leading in four swing states in respected late poll
10:20
Joe Sommerlad
The Harris campaign is cheering the news that its candidate has taken a marginal lead in several key swing states in the final New York Times/Siena College poll, making gains in Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Georgia.
Harris leads Trump by 49 percent to 46 in Nevada, 48 to 46 in North Carolina, 49 to 47 in Wisconsin and 48 to 47 in Georgia, which means it all remains extremely tight down there.
Trump, meanwhile, is thought to be ahead by 49 to 45 in Arizona and, perhaps most agonisingly of all, the two candidates remain deadlocked in Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Here’s the very latest from Rachel Sharp.
Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera among celebrities campaigning for Harris on final day
10:00
Joe Sommerlad
Having already enlisted the likes of Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Jennifer Lopez and Cardi B to appear at her events, the Harris campaign is going out with a bang on Monday.
Kamala’s final event of the campaign season in Philadelphia tonight will see her joined on stage by Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin, The Roots, Fat Joe, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Cassidy, Jazmine Sullivan and Adam Blackstone but there are plenty of other famous faces coming out to support her today.
In Pittsburgh, Katy Perry, D-Nice and Andra Day will all be performing.
Meanwhile in Harrisburg in the same state, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and legendary actors Robert De Niro and Sam Waterston will take part in a New Way Forward Get-Out-The-Vote rally.
Over in Las Vegas, Christina Aguilera, Los Tigres Del Norte and SOFI TUKKER will take to the stage while actress Eva Longoria will deliver remarks.
Actors and advocates Dulé Hill and Rosario Dawson will likewise launch canvasses across Vegas.
In Detroit, Tim and Gwen Walz will be supported with musical performances by the Detroit Youth Choir, Jon Bon Jovi and The War and Treaty.
And in Atlanta, a huge election eve convert is taking place featuring 2 Chainz, F.L.Y., Joy of Jesse & Joy, Keyshia Cole, KP The Great, Morehouse House of Funk Marching Band, Pastor Troy and Tamar Braxton.
Where are Harris and Trump campaigning on Monday?
09:31
Joe Sommerlad
This is where the candidates are spending their final hours of the campaign today.
- Kamala Harris will concentrate all of her remaining energies on Pennsylvania, appearing today in Allentown, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, joined by a number of mega-celebrities along the way (more on which in a moment).
- Donald Trump will begin his day with an event in Raleigh, North Carolina, before speaking in Reading and then Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania before capping off with a late evening closer in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Harris’s running mate Tim Walz will start his day in St Paul, Minnesota, before hitting La Crosse, Stevens Point, and Milwaukee in Wisconsin
- Trump’s running mate JD Vance will meanwhile close out his campaign in Flint, Michigan, Atlanta, Georgia, and Newtown, Pennsylvania.
- Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will also be on the trail, delivering remarks at a canvass launch in Greenville, North Carolina, before joining his wife for final two events in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Tired Trump promises ‘landslide’ win but says his second term could get ‘nasty’
09:00
Joe Sommerlad
Good morning!
Donald Trump completed his third rally in three states on Sunday with an evening event in Macon, Georgia.
The Republican nominee, however, appeared absolutely shattered as he promised a “landslide” win tomorrow night while warning that his belated second term would be “nasty a little bit at times, and maybe at the beginning in particular”.
Trump on his second term: "It'll be nasty a little bit at times, and maybe at the beginning in particular" pic.twitter.com/ObUwtreiFC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 4, 2024
Trump sounds like he's about to nod off on stage in Georgia. His crowd is quiet. pic.twitter.com/fsKNrZgFvW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 4, 2024
His audience certainly did not appear to be transfixed.
Dude in gold hat nodding off! https://t.co/vdrqUCrCsG
— Eddie Vale (@evale72) November 4, 2024
To an extent, Trump’s weary appearance is understandable in light of the gruelling campaign schedule he has committed to in recent months.
The man is 78, after all, the oldest to run for president in American history.
But given that he has so often attacked his political opponents for being “low energy” in the past, his obvious exhaustion is worthy of note – particularly as he is currently asking the electorate to return him to their highest office for another four years.
FCC commissioner claims Harris’s SNL appearances violates ‘equal time’ rule
07:30
Michelle Del Rey
A FCC commissioner has hit out at Harris’s appearance on Saturday Night Live, claiming it violates the “equal time” rule.
The rule says rival candidates should be treated equally by broadcasters when it comes to equal air time.
Commissioner Brendan Carr shared his reaction on X.
This is a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC's Equal Time rule.
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 3, 2024
The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct - a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence for one candidate on the eve of an election.… https://t.co/LliZF0po9t
Trump accuses his ‘enemies’ of putting out ‘fake’ Iowa poll
06:30
Michelle Del Rey
Trump has reacted to the Iowa poll which put Kamala Harris three points ahead of him.
He accused his “enemies” of putting out the “fake” poll.
“One of my enemies just puts out a poll… three down,” he said. “I’m not down in Iowa,” he said. “They tell me I’m down in Iowa. I don’t think so.
“And you know, what’s a good poll? Emerson, no friend of mine, they said the poll is wrong.”
Trump is referring to the Des Moines Register newspaper, which released a poll on Saturday that put Harris three points ahead.
The Emerson College poll, meanwhile, gave Trump a ten-point lead in Iowa.
Read our report below for the facts.
Trump segues from Harris debate to crowd sizes
05:30
Michelle Del Rey
Trump has segued from complaining about the September 10 debate with Kamala Harris, to criticizing the gaps in the bulletproof glass in front of him, before moving on to discussing crowd sizes at his rallies.
“My debates never have an empty seat,” Trump said. “And nobody ever leaves early. Nobody has ever left early.”
In pictures: Harris speaks to diners at chicken & waffles restaurant
05:00
Michelle Del Rey
Harris has been speaking to diners at Kuzzo’s Chicken & Waffles restaurant in Detroit, Michigan.
ICYMI: Round up of Trump’s first rally speech
04:30
Michelle Del Rey
While we’re waiting for Trump’s second rally of the day to begin in Kinston, North Carolina, here’s a reminder of what he said if you didn’t catch the first one in Pennsylvania.
During a two-hour address on his first stop of the day in the borough of Lititz, Trump gave a profane and conspiracy-laden speech in which he mused about reporters being shot and labeled Democrats as “demonic.”
Noting the ballistic glass placed in front of him at events after a gunman nearly assassinated him at a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump talked about places where he saw openings.
Trump also referred to John Bolton, his former national security adviser and now a strident critic, as a “dumb son of a b****.” And he repeated familiar and debunked theories about voter fraud, alleging that Democrats could only win by cheating.
“It’s a crooked country,” Trump said. “And we’re going to make it straight. We’re going to make it straight.”
Read the full report.
Harris surpasses Trump in Iowa - poll
04:00
Michelle Del Rey
Kamala Harris has surpassed Donald Trump in a new poll in Iowa, a state Trump easily won in 2016 and 2020.
Women and older voters are responsible for the remarkable turnaround in the Selzer poll carried out for the Des Moines Register newspaper and released on Saturday.
The poll of 808 likely voters, who were surveyed between October 28 and 31, has Harris leading Trump 47%-44% in a state that has been trending deeply Republican in recent years. It is within the 3.4 percentage point margin of error, but it marked a turnaround from a September Iowa Poll that had Trump with a 4-point lead, the newspaper reported.
However, the Emerson College Polling/RealClearDefense survey of a similar number of likely voters on November 1 and 2 had a starkly different result, with Trump leading Harris by 10 points.
This poll also has a 3.4 percentage point margin of error. The Emerson College survey had Trump with strong leads over Harris among men and independents, while Harris was performing well with those under the age of 30.
Read the full report.
Trump lashes out at Mitch McConnell
03:30
Michelle Del Rey
Trump lashed out at Republican Mitch McConnell, calling him “a disgrace.”
“Hopefully we get rid of Mitch McConnell pretty soon,” he told the rally. “That guy, can you believe he endorsed me? That must have been a painful day in his life.”
McConnell reportedly referred to Trump as a “despicable human being” and “narcissist” who is “stupid as well as being ill-tempered,” according to a biography.
Read more from Ariana Baio here.
SNL’s Kamala Harris cameo might have violated fairness rules
03:00
Michelle Del Rey
Harris’s appearance on Saturday Night Live just days before America votes may have been a violation of election rules.
The vice president poked fun at Donald Trump as she made the surprise cameo on the comedy show this weekend as the rivals enter the final stage of their White House campaigns.
Harris, who has been played on the 50th season of the comedy show by Maya Rudolph, appeared in a sketch with the actress after flying to New York City on her way to campaign in Michigan.
Now a commissioner with the Federal Communications Commission, a government agency that regulates radio and television in the US, says the appearance may have violated its “equal time” rule.
Graeme Massie reports.
Trump predicts ‘nasty’ second term in office if he beats Harris.
02:47
Graeme Massie
Donald Trump predicted a “nasty” second term in office if he beats Kamala Harris on Election Day.
Trump made the prediction at his third rally of Sunday in Macon, Georgia.
“It’s gonna be so much fun. It’ll be nasty… at the beginning in particular… You’re gonna see things that you’re not gonna believe,” he said.
Trump arrives at Pennsylvania rally
02:30
Michelle Del Rey
Trump has arrived at the Pennsylvania rally.
He is currently talking about voter fraud and he claims the election should be over by 9pm on Election Day.
“You ought to have the election over by nine o’clock,” Trump said. “I’m hearing now they’re going to take weeks, and you imagine they spend all this money, all this money on machines, and they’re going to say we may take an extra 12 days...”
It is not unusual for the count to take days, even weeks if the results are close.
Read our guide on when we can expect the results below.
Trump claims Biden doesn’t know how 'goes up to bed’
02:27
Michelle Del Rey
“He can’t can’t figure out how the hell he goes up to bed,” Trump says as he concludes his remarks.
Trump: And you think Biden thought about that? He can't can't figure out how the hell he goes up to bed. pic.twitter.com/lgAAtB8tT1
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 4, 2024
IN PHOTOS: Trump’s Macon, Georgia rally on Sunday night
02:03
Michelle Del Rey
Trump greets supporters during a campaign rally at the Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia on Sunday
Trump embraces Carmen Ramirez, whose daughter Minelys Zoe Rodriguez Ramirez went missing and was found dead near a Georgia Walmart in October
Trump addressing the crowd in Georgia
