There are only 14 days left until the election, so let’s see who is ahead in the race between Trump and Harris, the Democratic candidate.
With two weeks to go, the race is still very close across the country, and both Vice President Kamala Harris and past President Donald Trump are campaigning in key battleground states.
Here is a summary of their positions and what they’ve done during the campaign.
How are things going with the polls right now?
Seven important swing states are very close between Trump and Harris, according to a new poll from The Washington Post.
FiveThirtyEight’s daily election poll record shows that Harris is ahead of Trump by a mere 1.8 percentage points across the country as of October 21.
But in states that are very important, like Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, which together hold 51 electoral votes, the candidates are very close—there is less than a half-point between them. Either Trump or Harris could win the presidency if they win all four of these states.
Why do we have the Electoral College?
Electors, who are officials from each state based on its population, vote to choose the president. This is done through the Electoral College. Each state has a certain amount of electors based on how many representatives it has in Congress. There are a total of 538 electors. After the general election, each elector gives one vote, and the winner is the person who gets more than half of the votes, or 270.
In January, the newly chosen President and Vice President are sworn in.
What is going on in the campaign trail?
Harris kept up her campaigning on Monday by going to Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) joined her. Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, who is her running mate, also hit the road. On Monday night, he spoke at a campaign event in New York City after filming an interview with Jon Stewart for “The Daily Show.”
At the same time, Trump is going all over North Carolina, which is a swing state that he has won twice. First, he saw the damage from the storm in Asheville. Then, he held a rally in Greenville and spoke to religious leaders in Concord. “I don’t want a day off,” Trump said to stress how dedicated he was to campaigning. We need to win.
Trump is going to hold a meeting with Latino business leaders in Miami on October 22. He will then go back to North Carolina for another rally in Greensboro. Also, former President Barack Obama is going to Detroit to try to get people excited about Harris’s campaign.
