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Harris, Trump hold rallies in Wisconsin; new polls

Harris, Trump hold rallies in Wisconsin; new polls

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Just four days until Election day.

Former President Donald Trump And Vice President Kamala Harris both are gathering with supporters Friday in Wisconsin, one of the key swing states that could decide the election. Democratic and Republican candidates even hold rallies in the same city: Milwaukee.

Trump will also hold a rally earlier Friday in Warren, Michigan, north of Detroit. Trump will return to the East Coast over the weekend, making campaign stops in Gastonia and Greensboro, North Carolina, and Salem, Virginia.

Harris plans to return to Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday to rally in the Peachtree State before heading to Charlotte, N.C., for the last day of early voting in the state before Nov. 5.

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Former President Donald Trump participates in four criminal casesbut the most important verdict in his legal future may be handed down Election day is Tuesday. If he wins, all of his charges could be dropped or suspended for at least four years. If he loses, he potentially faces a quick verdict in one case and a trial in three others.

If Trump were not a presidential candidate, his problems with the law would be inevitable. It is currently planned to be sentenced November 26 on 34 counts. in his New York hush money case. Two tests loom one in federal court in Washington, D.C. and one in Georgia state court on allegations that he tried to steal the 2020 election. Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida dismissed allegations that Trump mishandled classified documents after leaving the White House. But this delay may be temporary, as prosecutors have appealed the decision.

-Bart Jansen and Aisha Bagchi

Days before Election Day on Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump live shoulder to shoulder in Pennsylvania, one of several key fluctuating states that can determine winner, new USA TODAY/Suffolk exclusive poll.

Harris and Trump each have 49% of the vote, with a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points, according to a statewide poll of 500 likely voters conducted Oct. 27-30.

The poll of 300 likely voters in Erie County, which could indicate which direction the state is heading, also showed a 48% to 48% split. Northampton County, another Pennsylvania leader, leans slightly toward Trump, with 50% saying they support him and Harris at 48%. The district poll results are within a margin of error of 5.65 percentage points.

–Sibela Mayes-Osterman and Carissa Waddick

Race for the White House in 2024 determined to be neck and neck before election day. The Real Clear Politics national polling average has Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris by just 0.5 percentage points, which is within the margin of error for each of the polls included.

In some critical states, the situation is even closer. For example, Harris leads Trump by 0.2 percentage points in the Real Clear Politics average of polls in Wisconsin.

– Marina Pitofsky

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Donald Trump will hold a rally on Friday afternoon in Warren, Michigan, north of Detroit. Trump won Michigan in the race for the White House in 2016, but President Joe Biden won it in the race for the White House in 2020.

Trump will hold a Friday evening rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, another key Midwestern state he won in 2016 but lost in 2020.

– Marina Pitofsky

In it fifth visit to the Milwaukee area since the start of her presidential campaign, Kamala Harris will hold a rally in Friday in a Wisconsin town with a variety of musical acts.

Cardi B is listed as a guest speaker at the event. Flo Milli, the Isley Brothers, MC Lyte, GloRilla and more are set to perform for statewide audiences.

— Maya Pandey