Candidates step up their attacks after Trump erases Harris’s lead
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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ATLANTA—Democrat Kamala Harris is courting a narrow slice of undecided, GOP-leaning voters while trying to turn out her party’s base in the final stretch of the presidential campaign, as Republican Donald Trump doubles down on his strongest supporters with off-script moments that have threatened to overshadow his closing arguments. People close to the campaigns believe the race is still too close to call a clear leader, with early voting under way.
Across the seven most watched battleground states, more than 4.8 million people have already cast ballots, according to a University of Florida database. Polls show a neck-and-neck race just over two weeks until Election Day, after Trump clawed back a polling advantage Harris enjoyed in the wake of their only debate. Trump’s strategy has been to use a series of events that can be unconventional, often mixing humor and tough, sometimes crude, talk that plays to his most ardent backers, particularly men.
Vice President Harris’s tack, meanwhile, seeks to peel away Republicans and independents from Trump by alleging he is unfit to serve while also corralling a fractious Democratic coalition that has spent much of the year torn apart over Israel. Harris, who sharpened her criticisms of Trump over the weekend, is expected to hold events on Monday with former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney in suburbs in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin that have been shifting away from the Republican Party.
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