Monday, November 4th 2024, 6:53 pm
On their last full day of campaigning, former Donald President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris were intent on making their final pitches to voters, in the places where they could get the biggest bang for the buck.
"Are we ready to do this," Harris asked a crowded hall full of campaign volunteers in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Monday afternoon. "Are we ready to get out the vote?!"
Both Vice President Harris and former President Trump know the race -- as incredibly close as polls show it to be -- will likely be decided by turnout.
After firing up canvassers in Scranton, Harris was off to two major rallies in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, further evidence of how important both campaigns view the Keystone State and its 19 electoral votes.
Trump also had two rallies planned in Pennsylvania for Monday, one in Michigan, and started the day in North Carolina, where he told supporters he had the upper hand going into Election Day.
"It's ours to lose," Trump said. "If we get everyone out to vote, there's not a thing they can do."
Republican consultant Mike Reed, a principle at Cornerstone, says the Trump campaign is confident because, for most voters, the choice between candidates comes down to the choice between "right track wrong track."
"The vast majority of voters believe the country was on the better track when Donald Trump was president versus right now than with Biden-Harris," Reed said in an interview last week. "And that is the question that I think is the most important thing on voters' minds -- not just in Oklahoma but across the country."
Democratic consultant Hyma Moore, also a principle at Cornerstone, says the Harris campaign is also cautiously optimistic about the outcome. He says Harris has been talking about unifying the country while Trump's words and rallies have been divisive.
Still, he warns supporters of both candidates that they likely are going to have to be patient, because we won't know with certainty who won, for a few days.
"And so you'll see speeches on Tuesday night from both Vice President Harris and former President Trump," Moore said in an interview, "maybe at the same time, saying that they're going to win this election."
In light of how polarizing the election season has been and how anxious people are about the results, the National Cathedral is inviting people to come in and pray and meditate on Election Day as votes are cast, and the day after as votes are counted.
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