What you need to know
• Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are holding their final campaign events in battleground states. Harris spoke in Pennsylvania, while Trump is speaking in Michigan.
Trump is speaking at his final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Former President Donald Trump is speaking at his final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he ended both his 2016 and 2020 campaigns. His remarks were originally slated for 10:30 p.m. ET.
Grand Rapids is a Western Michigan city in Kent County, which swung from Trump in 2016 to Joe Biden in 2020.
Harris calls on Pennsylvania voters to turn out, saying “the race ain’t over yet”
Speaking at her final campaign rally in Philadelphia before Election Day on Monday night, Vice President Kamala Harris said her team was “optimistic and excited” — but urged voters to make their voices heard, saying Pennsylvania could “decide the outcome” of the election.
• Americans are headed to the polls on Election Day to vote for the country’s next president. Harris and Trump each need at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. Here’s an hour-by-hour guide of what to expect when polls begin to close at 7 p.m. ET.
• The battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are expected to be pivotal to their path to victory.
Oprah takes the stage at Harris rally with 10 first-time young voters
Oprah Winfrey took the stage at Kamala Harris’ final rally in Philadelphia on Monday night alongside 10 young people – all first time voters.
“The policies that Kamala Harris has proposed for women’s reproductive rights and education equality are what led me to cast my ballot for her,” one voter told Winfrey.
Another first-time voter said it was especially significant for him as an African American to “exercise my right to vote, which my ancestors fought so hard for.”
Lady Gaga performs “God Bless America” at Harris’ final rally in Philadelphia
Musical superstar Lady Gaga appeared at Vice President Kamala Harris’ final rally in Philadelphia, performing a rendition of “God Bless America.”
“For more than half of this country’s life, women didn’t have a voice. Yet we raised children, we held our families together, we supported men as they made the decisions,” she said in brief remarks after her performance. “But tomorrow, women will be a part of making this decision.”
