Harris official says Trump is closing "with total darkness and anger"
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Vice President Harris speaks during a rally on Oct. 28 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
The Harris campaign said Sunday that more than 90,000 volunteers knocked on over 3 million doors across the seven battleground states during the election's final weekend.
Why it matters: The campaign sees hope in early vote turnout among key demographics — and feels confident that their aggressive ground game will pay dividends on Tuesday.
- "There's definitely a lot of enthusiasm and momentum, but we're still the underdogs here ... and feel like we're going to keep doing every ounce of work here to make sure we're getting our vote out and we're persuading anyone that is open to hearing from us," an official said on a call with reporters.
Zoom in: The campaign touted early vote numbers showing high turnout among young and Black voters, coalitions they see as key to Harris' path to victory.
- They also said that in the closing weeks of the race, "undecided voters are breaking" to them.
- "There's no place in any battleground state that our organization isn't as fulsome as we believe it needs to be to be successful on Election Night," an official said.
Reality check: More than 75 million Americans have already voted in the 2024 race, including voters in the key swing states, according to early voting data from the University of Florida's Election Lab.
- Both campaigns have highlighted early vote data to project confidence in the final stretch, even as polling continues to show the two candidates locked in a razor-thin race.
Between the lines: Harris campaign officials cautioned against reading too much into the Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll that showed the VP up by three percentage points over former President Trump in the Hawkeye State.
- "We are seeing that we're closing strong, I would not read into it any more than that," a Harris official said.
What to watch: The Harris campaign ramped up its legal operation ahead of November to counter any post-election challenges from the Trump campaign.
- A senior Harris campaign official said Sunday they "fully anticipate" that the Trump campaign is planning to challenge Tuesday's results.
- "We just want to emphasize that we're ready for it, that we won't be surprised by it and it won't be successful, because our institutions are strong," an official said.
The bottom line: The official's comments came after Trump at a rally earlier on Sunday said that he "shouldn't have left" the White House after losing the 2020 election.
- "He really is closing his campaign with total darkness and anger," a senior Harris campaign official said of Trump's remarks.
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