Islamabad, Nov 4: Trump Harris Campaigns Sprint to Boost Turnout on Election Eve
In a presidential election that each candidate frames as an existential moment for America, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and their campaigns are frantically trying to get supporters to the polls as the election approaches its final full day on Monday.
The electorate is split evenly, both nationally and in the seven battleground states that will determine the winner on Tuesday, despite the startling swirl of events over the past few months. However, because of the close election, it may take days for a winner to be declared.
Only weeks after a jury in New York, the city whose tabloids first brought him national prominence and notoriety, found 78-year-old Republican Donald Trump guilty of a felony, he survived two assassination attempts, one by millimeters.
After President Joe Biden, 81, had a terrible debate performance and, three weeks later, resigned his reelection bid due to pressure from his party, Kamala Harris, 60, was thrown to the top of the Democratic ticket in July, giving her the opportunity to become the first woman to hold the most powerful position in the world.
The race’s shape hasn’t changed much in spite of all that chaos. Both nationally and in the battleground states, polls show Harris and Trump tied.Although over 77 million people have already cast their ballots, the next two days will be a crucial test to see which campaign—that of former President Donald Trump or Vice President Harris—is more successful in getting supporters to the polls.
In the past two presidential elections, voters—Democrats and Republicans alike—have shattered century-old records, demonstrating the fervor that Trump arouses in both parties.
Both parties are rushing to knock on doors and make phone calls as the campaign comes to a close, and they are saturating social media platforms, TV stations, and radio stations with a final round of advertisements.
The Harris campaign team claims its volunteers knocked on hundreds of thousands of doors in each of the crucial states this weekend and believes the sheer volume of its voter mobilization activities is having an impact.
Campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon told reporters, “We are really happy with where we are at the moment.”
According to the campaign’s internal data, undecided voters are shifting in their favor, especially women in battleground states, and early voting among key coalition members, such as young voters and voters of color, is on the rise.
Although Donald Trump’s campaign has its own internal canvassing team, it has essentially contracted out the majority of the job to outside super PACs, which are affiliated political organizations with limitless financial resources.
Rather than trying to win over middle-of-the-road voters who could switch sides, they have been more interested in reaching “low propensity” voters, or those who rarely cast ballots.
Although many in this group support Trump, they are typically unreliable voters.
Trump and his staff claim that by selectively targeting the voters they wish to reach; they are being frugal with their expenses and delivering door knockers to locations where they have an impact.
With 19 of the 270 Electoral College votes a candidate needs to win the president, Pennsylvania is the most valuable prize among the battleground states.
When excluding the states they are predicted to win handily, nonpartisan U.S. election analysts estimate that Harris needs roughly 45 electoral votes in the seven swing states to win the White House, while Trump would need roughly 51.
