Harris Campaign Claims Race is Tight Due to High Number of 'Undecided' Voters

The Harris campaign said polls indicated the presidential race was so tight in battleground states because "many people are still undecided". "Every single one of our top battleground states is polling within the margin of error," said Jen O'Malley Dillon, head of the Harris campaign, in a note.

"I've been doing campaigns for a very long time, and I have never seen all seven battlegrounds this close. What these polls are telling us is that many people are still undecided. Our job is to make sure we are talking to those voters about the choice they have in front of them and persuading them."

The outcome of the 2024 presidential battle between Vice-President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, and former US President Donald Trump, a Republican, will depend on the votes of seven battleground states: Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada. They are nearly tied in the polls and within the margin of error, lagging or leading. According to FiveThirtyEight's weighted average of polls, the races in Wisconsin, Nevada, and Pennsylvania are "tied"; Harris is up one percentage point in Michigan; Trump is up one percentage point in North Carolina, two percentage points in Georgia, and Arizona.

As the candidates crisscross these states on their own and with their allies and surrogates, more than 48 million have already voted nationally either at early voting stations or through postal ballot, according to the Florida University's Election Lab. Democrats had traditionally voted early, but this time Republicans have not been far behind, turning out in large numbers that was noted by O'Malley Dillon. Closing Campaign Messages
Trump ended his campaign with his version of a closing message. He addressed thousands of supporters at the city's Madison Square Garden, according to reports. Harris would likely speak at the Ellipse on the grounds of US Capitol, where Congress hangs their official residence and where, three years ago, Donald had spoken to his crowd moments before they stormed into Capitol Hill to prevent that gathering of the two legislative branches from formally declaring Joe Biden the winner of the contest from 2020.