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(NewsNation) — Vice President Kamala Harris volition marque stops Thursday successful Arizona and Nevada, continuing her bid of star-studded rallies and concerts with little than 1 week until Election Day.
Harris and Walz volition be a rally featuring philharmonic impermanent Los Tigres del Norte astatine 10 a.m. MT successful Phoenix, Arizona.
In the afternoon, the vice president volition big a rally astatine 4:30 p.m. PT successful Reno, Nevada, and adjacent her time with a 9 p.m. PT rally and performance successful Las Vegas. The lawsuit volition diagnostic a show by the set Maná and remarks by Jennifer Lopez.
The packed docket reflects Harris' efforts to scope voters successful cardinal battleground areas. Arizona and Nevada are among the six "toss-up" states that could marque oregon interruption Harris' statesmanlike bid successful a contention that could beryllium won successful the margins.
Why Arizona matters
Republicans person carried Arizona successful 16 retired of 17 statesmanlike elections, but the authorities has dilatory shifted toward the center.
Arizona was called for President Joe Biden successful the 2020 election. Decided by 10,000 votes, it was the slimmest borderline successful the country.
About 60% of the state's colonisation lives successful Maricopa County, which mostly decides the result successful Arizona. Biden's borderline successful Maricopa during the 2020 predetermination was 50.3% to 48.1%, according to DDHQ data. A earthy ballot pb of 45,000 was capable for Biden to flooded the Republican pb successful the remainder of the authorities and triumph 49.4% to 49.1%.
As for aboriginal elector turnout, predetermination officials accidental Republicans person an vantage of much than 89,000 ballots. Those numbers, however, lone corroborate which enactment voters are registered with — not however they voted.
More than 1.6 cardinal voters — astir 28% of the electorate — have formed their ballots successful Phoenix, Arizona.
Trump has a 60% chance of winning the state, NewsNation’s spouse Decision Desk HQ forecasts suggested Thursday morning.
Supporters connected some sides accidental they’re optimistic arsenic existent polling points to a adjacent race.
Election officials pass it could instrumentality them arsenic galore arsenic 2 weeks to tabulate ballots arsenic they adhere to caller voting laws passed aft the contested 2020 election.
More than 130,000 volunteers person signed up to assistance with canvassing crossed the state, according to the Harris campaign.
Why Nevada matters
No Republican statesmanlike campaigner has won Nevada since George W. Bush's constrictive 2004 victory.
Historically, successful each predetermination that flipped the White House, the winning campaigner besides flipped astatine slightest 1 state. That's astir apt to beryllium Nevada successful this election, DDHQ anticipates.
Harris had a wide pb implicit Trump earlier this month, but a neck-and-neck contention developed arsenic the weeks went by.
Both candidates had a 50% accidental of winning Nevada arsenic of Saturday. Trump present holds a flimsy pb astatine 51%, according to DDHQ.
About 187,000 voters had formed aboriginal ballots successful Nevada arsenic of Wednesday, according to authorities predetermination data. Republicans submitted astir of those ballots, with a 43% aboriginal voter-turnout rate, compared to Democrats' 28%.
