Harris to Make Final Pitch in Pivotal Pennsylvania With 3 Rallies

Harris’s Philadelphia rally will feature famous names, including Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, and Oprah.
Harris to Make Final Pitch in Pivotal Pennsylvania With 3 Rallies
Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at Jenison Field House on the Michigan State University campus in Lansing, Mich., on Nov. 3, 2024. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Emel Akan
Updated:
0:00

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, will spend her final campaign day in Pennsylvania, holding three “Get Out The Vote” rallies in three different cities.

Pennsylvania is an important battleground for the Nov. 5 election, with 19 electoral votes—more than any other swing state. Whoever wins the Keystone State this year seems likely to be the next president of the United States, according to pollsters.

In the 2016 presidential election, candidate Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by a narrow margin of 0.7 points, securing a crucial victory in a state that had traditionally leaned Democratic. He lost the state to candidate Joe Biden four years later.

This year, the state is polling again as a toss-up.

Harris’s first rally on Monday will be in Allentown, followed by a second rally in Pittsburgh. She will wrap up her campaign trail in Philadelphia with a star-studded event.

The Philadelphia rally on Monday evening will feature famous names, including Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Freeway and Just Blaze, The Roots, Jazmine Sullivan, and Adam Blackstone, according to the event website.

In addition, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Fat Joe, and Oprah will join Harris as guest speakers.

The event will be held at the bottom of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s steps along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, will end his campaign trail by holding rallies in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

Harris spent her Sunday before Election Day in Michigan, another crucial swing state with a large Muslim population.

She spoke at a black church in Detroit, visited a restaurant in the Livernois district of Detroit, and a local black-owned barbershop in suburban Pontiac. At night, she held a campaign event in East Lansing, Michigan, home to Michigan State University.

On Saturday, Harris made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live in New York City.

Meanwhile, Trump spent Sunday racing across battleground states, including Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia.

The race between Harris and Trump remains locked in a dead heat, with both tied at 48 percent in national polls, according to RealClearPolitics’ polling average.
However, Trump is maintaining his lead in most battleground states as of Nov. 3.

He has a 2.6 percentage-point lead in Arizona and a 2.0-point advantage in Georgia.

Trump also holds a razor-thin lead in North Carolina (1.5 points), Nevada (1.0 point), and Pennsylvania (0.3 points),

Harris holds a slight lead in Michigan (0.8 points) and Wisconsin (0.3 points).

While campaigning in Michigan on Sunday, Harris said her mail-in ballot was “on its way to California.” When asked by reporters, she declined to say how she voted on her home state’s Proposition 36, which would enhance criminal penalties for shoplifting and drug dealing.

“I am not going to talk about the vote on that. Because honestly, it’s the Sunday before the election, and I don’t intend to create an endorsement one way or another around it,” she said.

Jacob Burg and Austin Alonzo contributed to this report.
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the Biden administration. Prior to this role, she covered the economic policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she worked in the financial sector as an investment banker at JPMorgan. She graduated with a master’s degree in business administration from Georgetown University.
twitter