Inside Politics US edition: Harris and Trump chase vital edge in final stretch

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Trump is to visit Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan today to make his closing pitch to voters.
51% : Trump yesterday spent a decent chunk of his speech to a rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania, the most valuable of the swing states, suggesting, without citing evidence, that the election system, polling firms and media are corrupt and conspiring against him.
46% : "What does he fear might happen if Harris loses?"Total chaos, with a barely literate autocrat suddenly given the power of Hitler and Putin to go after his political enemies, deport millions of immigrants (many of them legal), cancel treaties and give tax breaks to billionaires like Elon Musk.
43% : The fact abortion is on the ballot in several states after Roe v Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 2022, something Trump has taken credit for, could be a motivation for more moderate republican voting women to turn out and lend the Democrat candidate their votes.
39% : Trump also suggested he "shouldn't have left" the White House after the 2020 election given what has happened to the economy and border since.
37% : In a polarising contest between two very different candidates, there are not too many undecideds or votes up for grabs, so the key for Harris and Trump will be to energise those yet to vote and maximise their turnout on election day.
24% : The latest figures for the seven key swing states, which should decide who triumphs under the electoral college system, are all landing within or close to the margin of error, according to RealClearPolitics, albeit with Trump narrowly ahead in a majority of them.
23% : Having travelled thousands of miles across the US over the last fortnight and spoken to hundreds of voters, it seems many of those planning to vote for Trump are true believers, whereas a not insignificant portion backing Harris like her but also support her for not being Trump.
17% : This, perhaps, is not surprising given Trump has been on the ballot for three election cycles now and Harris stepped in just months ago when it became clear that Joe Biden was not up to the task of defeating the republican for a second time.
10% : "In Tuscon, Arizona, Rick Grossman said he has voted for Trump in three elections now and his main thought was that having Harris as president would be a disaster.

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