Denying the polls, Trump tells Las Vegas crowd 'we are leading by a lot'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : "Your governor is doing a great job," Trump said.
62% : Polling in Colorado over roughly the last month has shown Harris leading Trump by between 10 and 17 percentage points.
58% : Trump spoke at the UNLV Thomas & Mack Center a day after his running mate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, also campaigned in the state.
55% : "Trump claimed 29,000 people attended Thursday's event at the Thomas & Mack Center, with another 29,000 people outside.
55% : During his remarks, Trump said his campaign event at a closed McDonalds earlier this week, where Trump put on an apron and pretended to work the drive-thru for about 20 minutes to serve a few pre-screened people, also had 29,000 people outside.
52% : Ramaswamy called 2024 "our 1776" and compared Trump to George Washington in an earlier speech at the event.
47% : But in Las Vegas Thursday, Trump said "we are leading by a lot in Nevada," in addition to all the other battleground states.
44% : "Trump, who won the presidency in 2016 even as he lost the popular vote, also falsely claimed he received more support that cycle and earned "millions and millions of votes" that weren't counted.
43% : Much of Thursday's speech reiterated the same proposals Trump has talked about over the last few months, including eliminating taxes on tips, overtime pay, and Social Security.
36% : Thursday, Trump characterized the United States as "an occupied territory" due to undocumented immigrants, and reiterated one of his chief campaign promises -- mass deportations.
31% : Among other claims, Trump in Las Vegas Thursday pledged he would win Colorado.
31% : Trump also told supporters to vote for Sam Brown, an Army veteran running against Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen.
17% : Trump has previously disparaged early voting and made false claims about mail-in ballots leading to voter fraud.
17% : "If we're leading by a lot, they won't think about cheating as much," Trump said, leaning into baseless allegations of election fraud.
12% : Trump then invited not Brown, but Vivek Ramaswamy, who ran against Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, to the stage.

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