LAS VEGAS—It was the first time he’d seen Republican vice president candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) in person and Jeff Herrera was impressed.
“He’s great. He’s young, experienced, very intelligent. I think he’s going to be the next president” after Trump, said Herrera as people filed out from an hourlong Nov. 2 rally at Las Vegas’ Whitney Recreation Center.
Austin Kloos of Las Vegas agreed, saying Vance addressed his biggest concerns, “the open border and grocery prices.”
LAS VEGAS—Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made a brief stop in Las Vegas on Nov. 2 to galvanize more than 100 canvassers who are set to hit the streets three days before the election to lock down undecided voters and ensure Democrats who didn’t cast early ballots get to the polls.
Walz was joined by actress Eva Longoria, Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers organizer Lamare Jones at the Harris–Walz campaign state headquarters where they told the volunteers that no prospective voter should be overlooked.
Walz then led a motorcade into Henderson where he knocked on several doors to encourage residents to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.
SALEM, Va.—With three days until Election Day, former President Donald Trump made a stop in southwest Virginia and urged voters to get to the polling booths.
“We win Virginia, we win the whole election,” Trump said at a rally.
LAS VEGAS—Republican vice president candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) delivered the Trump campaign’s last-ditch pitch to voters in purple battleground state Nevada during an hourlong Nov. 2 rally at the Whitney Recreation Center.
Vance cited policy differences between a prospective second administration led by former President Donald Trump and Biden policies he said Vice President Kamala Harris would perpetuate if elected on Nov. 5.
WASHINGTON—Businesses in major cities have been boarding up their store fronts before Election Day on Nov. 5, following a history of disruptive activity surrounding political events.
Near the White House on Nov. 2, multiple establishments had wooden boards covering building exteriors—including a McDonald’s, Peet’s Coffee, and a U.S. Postal Service office.
The Georgia secretary of state’s office recorded more than 4 million votes cast during the state’s early voting period, which concluded on Nov. 1.
In all, the office logged 4,004,588 ballots cast, including 3,761,968 in-person votes and 242,620 mail-in absentee ballots.
SALEM, Va.—Saturday's rally in Salem, Virginia, is some attendees’ first-ever Trump event. Some came knowing this will be their last chance because the former president won't run again in 2028.
“Our former president, soon-to-be president … I just wanted to come see a legend. Why not? I'm gonna be able to tell my kids I saw Donald Trump at a rally,” John Kiker, 18, told The Epoch Times.
The 2024 presidential election on Nov. 5 likely hinges on the outcome in seven battleground states.
Battlegrounds—also called swing or purple states—are where support for Democratic and Republican candidates has been split in recent presidential elections. Current swing states are Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia.
Most other states consistently break for the same political party and aren’t considered competitive.
ATLANTA—Kamala Harris returned to Atlanta, Georgia on Nov.2 to give a stump speech as part of a final push in the last few days before the election. Harris will head to North Carolina later Saturday.
Her speech mirrored previous speeches, but was interrupted twice when she called for medics to attend to rallygoers suffering from the excessive heat.
Attendees were enthusiastic about Harris, but not quite ready to declare victory.
Former President Donald Trump campaigned in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Nov. 2 seeking to rally the battleground state voters in the final run up to Election Day.
"We're just three days away from the greatest political victory in world history,” Trump said. “But it only happens if you get out and vote, okay? You’ve got to get out and vote."
The crowd cheered and jeered as Trump compared his term as president to Vice President Kamala Harris’s time in the Biden administration on matters including immigration, inflation, jobs, energy dependency, and foreign relations.
ATLANTA—Crowds are awaiting Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris’s last-minute campaign visit to Atlanta on Saturday. She is expected to speak at 1:25 p.m. ET.
In addition to entertainment by a local marching band and a live DJ, the crowd is being warmed up by remarks from director Spike Lee, Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.), and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens.
All three have encouraged attendees to vote early and emphasized the importance of the key battleground state.
In the lead-up to Election Day, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has activated the state's National Guard, instructing them to be on standby to support local and state law enforcement from Nov. 4 through Nov. 7.
Inslee stated in a letter to the adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Gent Welsh, that the move is a precautionary measure in response to the nationwide warnings issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of threats to election infrastructure.
Inslee also referenced the ballot boxes that had been set on fire in Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 28.
PHILADELPHIA—Less than four days before the general election, President Joe Biden, on Nov. 1, delivered remarks at a union house in Philadelphia to tout his administration’s record on pensions.
“When you retire and find out all those years of work and sacrifice are slashed, through no fault of your own ... imagine what that does financially and emotionally to your dignity. It’s wrong,” Biden said, referring to union pension cuts.
SALEM, Va.—Joshua Patrick, 26, and Kristian Rudd, 23, are in line waiting for a 4 p.m. Trump rally. The two Roanoke City residents arrived at 7 a.m.
Patrick, an undergrad student studying to become a medical assistant, is of mixed black and Latino descent. Rudd self-identifies as a mix of black, Indian, and Hispanic heritage. Both plan to vote on Election Day.
The latest election model released by YouGov puts Vice President Kamala Harris slightly ahead of former President Donald Trump in the presidential race.
The results, taken from interviews with nearly 100,000 registered voters, were published on Nov. 1 and show Harris leading Trump 50 percent to 47 percent.
In terms of electoral college votes, Harris has 240 while Trump has 218, with 80 votes considered tossups, according to YouGov. A candidate needs to win 270 electoral college votes to win the election.
With three days left before the election, the candidates are making their last few rally appearances, hoping to drive turnout in battleground states.
Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to speak in Atlanta at 1:25 p.m. ET on Saturday. After that, she’ll depart for Charlotte, North Carolina, for a rally at 5 p.m. ET.
Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will hold two rallies in Arizona: The first in Flagstaff at 2 p.m. MT and the second in Tucson at 7 p.m. MT.
SALEM, Va.—Hundreds of Trump supporters are waiting outside the Salem Civic Center in southwestern Virginia ahead of the former president’s rally Saturday afternoon.
LAS VEGAS—Triple-tier battleground state Nevada’s two-week early voting period ended Nov. 1 with Republicans turning out in far higher numbers than Democrats while also posting significant gains in registered voters.
Those trends have GOP boosters confident former President Donald Trump could be the first Republican to win the Silver State since 2004. Challenger Sam Brown could unseat Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada), and at least one Democratic-held Las Vegas-area congressional seat could be flipped in the Nov. 5 election.
In a race that could determine which party controls the upper chamber of Congress in 2025, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.) are going head to head for Florida’s senate seat.
Seeing the seat as a potential pickup opportunity in its path to retain Senate control, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) announced in September that it was launching a “multimillion-dollar” television ad buy targeting Scott.
“We have a great opportunity in both Florida and Texas,” DSCC Chair Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich) said during a CSPAN event on Sept. 26.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 1 rejected Republicans’ request to halt the effects of a state court’s decision allowing Pennsylvania voters to cast provisional ballots after they have improperly submitted mail-in ballots.
He said that staying the lower court’s judgment “would not impose any binding obligation on any of the Pennsylvania officials who are responsible for the conduct of this year’s election.”
WARREN, Mich./MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump made a series of dueling campaign stops in the key battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan on Nov. 1.
Biden narrowly took Wisconsin by just over 20,000 votes in 2020; he enjoyed a more comfortable victory in Michigan: 50.6 percent to 47.8 percent.
“It’s the economy, stupid!”
This has been the go-to political refrain for both sides since Democrat strategist James Carville uttered it in 1992, when he advised former President Bill Clinton.
The Latino vote is shifting toward former President Donald Trump heading into the Nov. 5 election, according to polls and pollsters—a trend that could flip conventional wisdom about which party better aligns with Hispanic values.
Mark Mitchell, head pollster at Rasmussen Reports, said recent polls show more Hispanic voters favoring Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, over Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Where we’re at now is—depending on the poll—Trump wins the Hispanic vote nationally,” he told The Epoch Times.
Regardless of who wins the election, the next president likely will have to deal with an economic slowdown next year, several experts told The Epoch Times. They warned that while the government may try to intervene, any remedies could also cause harm.
On paper, the U.S. economy is chugging along nicely. Unemployment is low, the markets are up, and the gross domestic product came in at 3 percent above inflation in the second quarter. Third-quarter GDP is expected to climb 2.6 percent above inflation, and median wages have increased by nearly 2.5 percent (adjusted for inflation) over the past two years.
