By Katelyn Caralle, Senior Political Reporter Published: 07:57 EDT, 1 November 2024 | Updated: 10:29 EDT, 1 November 2024 Advertisement
With four days until Election Day, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are in the final sprint of nailbiliting race.A new USA TODAY/Suffolk shows the candidates are tied in the critical state of Pennsylvania at 49 percent.In Nevada, another battleground, Harris (48 percent) is ahead of Trump by one point (47 percent), with two percent supporting a third party candidate.Nearly 60 million ballots have already been cast, and the number of new voters in the swing states that will decide the election exceeds the 2020 race.In the betting markets, Trump is the favorite to win but the vice president has closed the gap in the odds in the last few days. Follow all the developments at DailyMai.com’s live blog. Trump trailing in critical voting bloc in PennsylvaniaBy Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondentDonald Trump is trailing Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania’s early voting with a once reliable Republican voting bloc: seniors.Republicans won the senior vote in the past five presidential elections.In Pennsylvania, where voters over the age of 65 have cast nearly half of the early ballots, registered Democrats account for about 58% of that vote, compared to 35% for Republicans, according to an analysis by Politico.Both parties having roughly equal numbers of registered voters aged 65 and older in the critical battleground state.Polls also show Trump is trailing with that voting bracket. A Fox News poll of Pennsylvania found Trump is running 5 points behind Harris among voters ages 65 and over.The senior vote is important in five of the seven battleground states — Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina — that have more voters over the age of 65 than the national average, according to census data.Harris and Trump tied in Pennsylvania pollKamala Harris and Donald Trump are tied in in a new poll in the crucial state of Pennsylvania.The USA TODAY/Suffolk poll shows the two candidates both on 49 percent support.The survey of 500 voters was conducted from October 27 to October 30 and had a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.A poll of 300 likely voters in Erie County, a key battleground within Pennsylvania, was also tied with Harris and Trump both on 48 percent.For the latest on where Trump and Harris stand in Pennsylvania and the other six battleground states visit NEWSWALLA.com’s up-to-the-minute guide to polling and other crucial data about each one. New polling gives Kamala Harris an edge in crucial swing statesNew polling by Marist shows Kamala Harris with a slight edge in the so-called ‘blue wall’ states with just four days to go before the election.Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin were traditionally Democratic strongholds for years until 2016 when Trump won them. Biden captured them in 2020, so they are up for grabs this election.The polling found Harris is up three points in Michigan over Donald Trump 51 percent to 48 percent among likely voters. Among Independents, she is up six points.More than 2.3 million people have already voted in Michigan. For those who have already voted in the election, Harris has 63 percent. Among those who have yet to vote, 59 percent said they support Trump.In Pennsylvania, she’s up two points 50 percent to 48 percent. The polling shows a 19-point lead among Independents toward Harris. She also has 63 percent among voters who have already cast ballots. More than 1.6 million people have voted in the state.In Wisconsin, she is up two points, 50 percent to 48 percent as well including by six points among Independents. She is also up fourteen points among those who say they have already voted. More than 1.2 million people have already voted there.Both candidates are campaigning heavily in seven battleground states. But if the vice president wins all three blue wall states, she will clinch the necessary 270 electoral votes to win the White House.How crypto’s $200million 2024 election bet has made digital currency a top campaign issueEven if you don’t know a blockchain from a NFT, these numbers are hard to dismiss: More than $200 million from cryptocurrency companies is expected to be pumped into the 2024 election cycle as the tech industry works overtime to boost its political influence. And the emerging tech giants aren’t selectively backing Republicans or Democrats -any candidate, from president all the way down to small congressional districts, who champions crypto puts themselves in a position to score the big bucks.But will the political plays by so-called ‘Big Crypto’ pay off in the long run?Crypto, which includes Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin and more, is a form of digital currency that can be used to make ‘decentralized’ transactions online without oversight by a bank or government.The industry is keen on having a less-regulated playing field to serve as a sandbox for development of crypto. Opponents and monetary traditionalists, meanwhile, want additional regulations on the alternative, digital currencies.Fairshake, a political action committee (PAC), and others pushing pro-crypto legislation are going big with nearly $119 million already spent out of $200 million raised.And billionaire former President Donald Trump weighing in on the importance of the alternative financial industry as he campaigns for a White House return shows that it isn’t going away anytime soon.Trump tells Tucker Carlson what keeps him goingInside the only county that’s predicted the last 11 presidents – and who they are voting for in the 2024 electionTucked away in the far northwest corner of country just before the cliffs drop off into the Pacific Ocean lies America’s last true bellwether county.A decidedly purple place, the small, rural region of Clallam County in Washington boasts an unmatched record of voting for every presidential election winner since Ronald Reagan in 1980. This is the longest success streak of any of America’s 3,143 counties.Now all eyes are on this unassuming county once again to see which way the wind is blowing for 2024, as vice president Kamala Harris faces off against former president Donald Trump in a divisive, neck and neck race.When traveling across Clallam County, the tight nature of the 2024 election is on full display.Visitors heading west into town on Highway 101 are met with a series of Harris-Walz yard signs, shortly before a massive Trump-Vance banner shows up in the same stretch of field.NEWSWALLA.com asks New Yorkers who they are voting for… and there are some surprising responses Harris and Trump hold dueling rallies in MilwaukeeBy Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondentKamala Harris and Donald Trump will hold duelling rallies within a dozen miles of each other in Milwaukee on Friday night as they battle it out for the battleground state.Harris will spend the day in Wisconsin, making her closing pitch to voters there. Trump hold a rally in Michigan earlier in the day.Polls show the race for the state’s 10 electoral votes is tied.Four of the past six presidential elections in Wisconsin have been decided by less than a point, or fewer than 23,000 votes. Joe Biden won it in 2020 by less than a point. Trump won it over Hillary Clinton in 2016 by less than a point.Democrats see Wisconsin – along with Pennsylvania and Michigan – as part of the ‘blue wall’ that will win them the election.Harris is wrapping up her campaign in those states, Wisconsin on Friday; Michigan on Sunday and Pennsylvania on Monday.Kamala Harris’ potential cabinet candidates include Pete Buttigieg, Liz Cheney, and a defund the police activistAs speculation mounts about what a Kamala Harris cabinet might look like if she wins, Washington politicos are curious: Will she push for a continuation of the Biden administration or try to unburden herself from his record and chart a fresh course?For her first three years as vice president, Harris was burdened by Biden’s close-knit staff, who held her at an arm’s length but a win in the Nov. 5 election would afford her the opportunity to clean house and set her own agenda – and legacy.If elected, Harris would strike three firsts, as not only the the first woman president but also, first black female and first South Asian elected to the nation’s highest office.Those historic distinctions would likely set her on a path to creating the most diverse and forward-looking cabinet, just as she did when she took office as vice president.But Harris already faces criticism for her record of poor management.Her staff fell apart one by one as they fled her office complaining about her bullying behavior, short-fused temper, and exhaustive demands.White House ‘altered transcript’ of Biden’s garbage remarks despite fears it was ‘breach of protocol’The White House altered the official transcript of a call President Biden did with Latino supporters where he appeared to call Trump supporters ‘garbage’, according to reports by the Associated Press. The comments were made in response to a joke Tony Hinchcliffe made at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally about Puerto Rico being a ‘floating island of garbage.’According to the official transcript prepared by White House stenographers, Biden said on the Tuesday call: ‘The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters – his – his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.’However, the transcript released by the White House press office altered the word supporters. It said ‘supporter’s’ rather than a plural ‘supporters.’This change, according to aides, corrects Biden’s statement to imply he was criticizing Hinchcliffe alone, not the millions of Americans voting for Trump, the Associated Press reported. Liz Cheney responds to Trump’s comments The stunning gender divide between Trump and Harris in the 2024 election is laid bare in new pollby Rob Crilly, Chief Political Correspondent If 2016 was the education election, when voters divided depending on whether or not they had been to college, then 2024 is shaping up to be a battle of the sexes.The full extent of the gender divide in America is laid bare in the latest NEWSWALLA.com/J.L. Partners.It found that former President Donald Trump has widened his lead with men, and now has a 22-point lead among male voters.At the same time, Vice President Kamala Harris has extended her lead among female voters, and now has a 14-point lead with women.It is an extraordinary number in a race that has been otherwise tight.Trump sparks outrage as he suggests Republican opponent Liz Cheney might not be such a ‘war hawk’ if she had guns pointed at her during Tucker Carlson interviewDonald Trump has sparked outrage after asking how Liz Cheney would feel with ‘guns trained on her face’ while speaking at a campaign event just days before the election.Trump appeared in Glendale, Arizona with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Thursday night when he called Cheney a ‘dumb war hawk’ and suggested she face a firing squad.’She’s a radical war hawk,’ Trump began. ‘Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, okay, let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face.’Trump had mentioned Liz Cheney’s father, former GOP Vice President Dick Cheney, before he unleashed the diatribe.’I don’t blame him for sticking with his daughter. But his daughter’s a very dumb individual, very dumb,’ Trump said.Jennifer Lopez goes after Trump comic’s Puerto Rican dig as she asks voters to give Kamala Harris a ‘Hollywood ending’Jennifer Lopez brought a dose of Hollywood glamour to the campaign trail as she urged voters in Nevada to give Kamala Harris a silver screen ending and expressed outrage over the Puerto Rico dig made at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally.The actress and singer said she was a ‘lover’ and didn’t mean to ‘trash’ anyone – ‘even facing the biggest adversary I think America has ever had’ – but she had something to say about that ‘garbage’ comment.Exclusive:Kamala Harris’ biggest blunder of her campaign against Trump revealed by new pollAccording to the poll of 1,000 likely voters, her ‘biggest blunder’ is that she would ‘not change anything’ from the Biden administration.Harris was asked on The View last month about what she would change about Biden’s presidency.’There is not a thing that comes to mind,’ Harris responded.Harris defended the president’s record and added: ‘I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact.’But for voters in the NEWSWALLA.com poll, that answer could be fatal for her election chances.
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Presidential election odds 2024 live: Two swing state polls have Trump-Harris race tied