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The race is still too close to call between Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, with only two days to go until Election Day.
Harris is holding several rallies in Michigan, while Trump is jumping between Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia – all crucial swing states.
Trump visited Virginia and North Carolina on Saturday, while Harris was also in North Carolina, and made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live in New York City.
The national polls are tightening even further. Harris is now only ahead by one point, within the margin of error.
Hello from Detroit, Michigan, where Kamala Harris is beginning her day at the Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ.
At the moment, the minister is giving an impassioned sermon, accompanied by an organ and electric guitar.
As we entered the building, a gospel choir was in full song.
The black churchgoing vote has been the backbone of many a Democratic victory, not just here in Michigan but across the battleground states.
The vice-president’s expected to address the congregation soon.
Media watchdog says no complaint made about Harris SNL appearance
As we reported earlier, Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance last night on the US comedy-skit show Saturday Night Live – its final edition before the election.
Brendan Carr, a Republican member of the media watchdog, the Federal Communications Commission, said Harris’s participation on the NBC programme was « a clear and blatant effort to evade » its « equal time rule ».
But a spokesperson for the FCC tells the BBC’s US partner, CBS News, that it “has not made any determination regarding politically [sic] programming rules, nor have we received a complaint from any interested parties ».
The independent government agency must first receive a formal complaint from a political candidate alleging that they have requested « equal time » and been denied it, in order to review whether the policy was violated.
The Trump campaign has indicated it did not receive an invite to the show but has not yet made a complaint.
Earlier this week, it sued CBS for $10bn alleging the network made a « deceitful » edit of a Harris interview.
Trump uses rally to hit his talking points, again and again
And they might not be what his campaign wants him to focus on, as Trump acknowledged.
The start of his speech in Lititz, Pennsylvania, was on the topic his campaign wanted him to focus on: the economy and inflation. But he quickly veered off the prepared speech on the teleprompter.
Trump started a lengthy section on themes that are less popular among the general public his strategists. These include his repeated complaints over the voting process and some of the nastier language he uses towards leading Democrats and the “fake news”.
His focus on these topics energises his base, but is it the kind of material that will win around crucial undecided voters in the swing states? The very type of voter these last-minute swing state rallies are supposed to win over.
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