Morning all. Welcome to the final day of campaigning before election day.
Early voting is over — and tomorrow tens of millions of Americans will head to voting booths in community halls, schools and recreation centres all over the country. We're heading further south — I'm writing this from the passenger seat just as we cross into Florida.
The plan is to be with the Trump campaign in West Palm Beach on election night, and Q+A's Jack Tame will be in Washington DC with the Harris camp.
Trump's epic multi-state rally push
Donald Trump will spend the day hosting four rallies. Yep, that's right: FOUR. All in swing states — one in North Carolina, two in Pennsylvania, and then wrapping his campaign in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a closing speech scheduled to begin at 10.30pm local time.
It will be a long day for Team Trump.
The location of the final rally — Grand Rapids — has some symbolism too. It is where Donald Trump has ended his previous two presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020, but it was also where he held his first rally after the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania earlier in the year.
All roads lead to Pennsylvania
Kamala Harris, meanwhile, will be hosting star-studded rallies in the Keystone State, which is widely expected to be where this election will be won or lost.
Check out our recent road trip through Pennsylvania on TVNZ+
A rally in Pittsburgh will be attended by pop superstar Katy Perry, then Harris will hold her final rally in Philadelphia with Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin. Oprah will be in attendance as well — the media mogul has held rally events for the Vice President during the campaign.
Harris is hoping the cohort of celebrities will help push votes her way — it will be interesting to see if that strategy connects with middle class Americans outside of the big cities.
'There is no evidence': Americans respond to Trump claim election will be stolen
Even before election day, Trump has been telling thousands of voters at his rally that the election will be stolen.
"Our country is a crooked country," he claimed at a recent rally.
They are fighting so hard to steal this damn thing.
Ahead of election day I caught up with political scientist Tammy Greer in Atlanta, Georgia, to discuss why Trump continues to claim this.
"He said that in 2016, when he was running against Hillary Clinton, he said it in 2020 when he was running against Joe Biden, and now he's saying it again — this drum beat is working for him," she said.
I asked her what tangible evidence there was that would support Trump's claims.
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"None," she said. "There is no evidence.
"He had to lose [in 2020], according to him, because there was some sort of cheating."
Trump voters we spoke to at a rally in Macon, Georgia disagreed and were concerned about the integrity of the election process.
"They are doing everything underhanded again to try and get into office," said one man. "We got it because we've got God behind us this time."
"I definitely believe the election was stolen by him [Biden], there was a lot of nefarious things going on," said another rally attendee.
"I just think there is a lot of undercover, not necessarily CIA operatives, but contractors by the government."
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