2024 election updates: Trump concludes MSG rally with anti-immigrant rhetoric

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Last updated: Monday, October 28, 2024 3:43PM GMT
Kamala Harris, Donald Trump enter final full week of 2024 campaign
Kamala Harris, Donald Trump enter final full week of 2024 campaign Kamala Harris, Donald Trump enter final full week of 2024 campaign

As we head into the final full week of campaigning before Election Day, the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll shows Kamala Harris with a slight 51-47% lead over Donald Trump among likely voters nationally -- but the polls in the battleground states remain essentially deadlocked within the margin of error.

Fallout continues over racist comments made at Trump's big rally on Sunday at Madison Square Garden and Harris is preparing for her "closing argument" Tuesday night on the Ellipse near the Capitol and White House in Washington.

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Oct 28, 2024, 10:22 AM

Almost 42 million voters have cast a vote

Almost 42 million Americans have cast a vote through early voting methods, as of Sunday afternoon, according to data from the University of Florida's Election Lab.

The about 41.9 million recorded mail and early in-person votes were evenly split with about 21 million mail ballots returned nationally and about the same cast at in-person early voting polling sites across the country, the data showed.

Early voting options are now open to voters in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Many early voting periods will last until the weekend before Election Day.

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Bruce Springsteen, John Legend and former President Obama to rally for Harris in Philadelphia

Former President Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen and now John Legend will be in Philadelphia on Monday in support of Kamala Harris as part of the "When We Vote We Win" concert series.

Harris, Trump continue to stump in Philadelphia region in final days before election

While Harris isn't expected to be at the rally herself, the vice president and Democratic presidential nominee was in Philadelphia on Sunday. She made stops across town, saying the path to the White House runs through Philadelphia.

Harris said that "no one can sit on the sidelines" in this year's presidential election as she continued her focus on this battleground state.

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11:07 AM GMT

Latin superstar Bad Bunny backs Harris for president

Bad Bunny threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday by sharing a video of the Democratic presidential nominee shortly after a comedian at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally made crude jokes about Latinos and called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage," angering artists and some Hispanic Republicans.

Bad Bunny poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Bad Bunny poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Bad Bunny, whose official name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is one of the most famous artists of the moment. His backing could be a boost for the Harris campaign as it tries to bolster its support with Latino voters, among whom Trump has been working to gain ground.

The video Bad Bunny shared with his 45 million Instagram followers shows Harris saying "there's so much at stake in this election for Puerto Rican voters and for Puerto Rico." A representative of the artist confirmed that Bad Bunny is supporting Harris.

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10:55 AM GMT

Harris says Trump is 'full time focused on himself'

Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on Monday's episode of NFL player and TV host Shannon Sharpe's "Club Shay Shay" podcast to criticize former President Donald Trump as "full time focused on himself."

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.

Trump, Harris said, is "somebody who has never been understanding of the issues that affect the community about disparities," accusing the former president of having "denied rent to Black families" when he was a landlord and noting his "full page ad in the New York Times against the Central Park Five."

"Don't think you're in Donald Trump's club," Harris continued. "He's not gonna be thinking about you."

"He'll spend full time talking about his grievances, about what everyone has done to him," Harris said of Trump's rallies. "He'll talk about himself, but he does not talk about the American people."

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie

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10:22 AM GMT

Almost 42 million voters have cast a vote

Almost 42 million Americans have cast a vote through early voting methods, as of Sunday afternoon, according to data from the University of Florida's Election Lab.

The about 41.9 million recorded mail and early in-person votes were evenly split with about 21 million mail ballots returned nationally and about the same cast at in-person early voting polling sites across the country, the data showed.

Early voting options are now open to voters in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Many early voting periods will last until the weekend before Election Day.