Trump, Harris will be with stars; latest polls

Vice President Kamala Harris AND former president Donald Trump they spent months courting key swing state voters who could ultimately decide choice. On Friday, Trump will return to one of those states, where he will hold a rally in Traverse City, Michigan. He too Make an appointment with Joe Rogan on his hugely popular podcast.

Harris is scheduled to appear on rally in Houston, Texason Friday. The Lone Star State is widely expected to ultimately vote for Trump, but the vice president is expected to take the stage Beyonce to support Democratic Senate candidate Colin Allred, who is trying to unseat Republican Senator Ted Cruz.

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A new poll shows Harris and Trump tied in the popular vote

According to the poll, Trump and Harris are unmatched in the popular vote by the New York Times and Siena College released on Friday. The poll of 2,516 voters nationwide found the candidate favoring 48% to 48%. Results are within the poll’s error limit of +/- 2.2 percentage points.

Trump lost public support Hillary Clinton, despite winning the Electoral College in 2016. He too lost public support for Joe Biden in 2020

—Rachel Barber and Kinsey Crowley

Trump: ‘I’m not a dictator’ (and my ex-military men are lying)

It’s not just about John Kelly. Trump must defend himself against a group of former military commanders – his appointees – who say the former president has fascist and authoritarian tendencies.

“If I fire somebody, every newspaper in the world is going to talk to him and see if they can get him to say something bad,” Trump told WABC/New York radio hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby in an interview Thursday.

Kelly, a retired general who served as Trump’s White House chief of staff, told The New York Times that he “certainly fits the general definition of a fascist.” Kelly also said: “He certainly prefers a dictator approach to a government approach.”

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, asked on CNN whether he thought Trump was a fascist, told CNN: “He certainly has that tendency.”

And Mark Milley, whom Trump nominated to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the book’s author Bob Woodward: “We have to stop him! … He is the most dangerous person in the world. I had my suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so on, but now I realize he’s a total fascist.

Trump’s response: invective.

In a radio interview on the “Cats & Cosby Show,” Trump used personal terms to attack Kelly (“a stupid person”), Esper (“a weak guy”) and Milley (“a total moron”).

As for his election opponent Harris, Trump said this in a recent interview: “All she could say was Trump whenever she was asked the question, ‘Well, I think Trump is a dictator’… I’m not a dictator. It’s just amazing. This is their new thing.

–David Jackson

How to watch Beyoncé perform at the Harris rally

Superstar Beyoncé is scheduled to perform on stage at Vice President Kamala Harris’ rally in Houston, Texas, on Friday evening.

When Harris released her the first video ad of the campaignBeyoncé’s 2016 hit “Freedom” played in the background. Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, endorsed Harris in July.

USA TODAY will broadcast the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer’s performance. live on his YouTube channel.

—Rachel Barber

Which other presidential candidates has Beyonce performed for?

Beyonce has previously supported former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden in their presidential bids.

The famous pop star performed the national anthem at the inauguration of Obama’s second term as president in 2013. Beyonce, along with other artists, also performed at a concert and campaign rally for Clinton in 2016, when the Democrat was running against Trump.

He is expected to appear at a Harris rally in Houston on Friday.

— Sudiksha Kochi

Differences between how men and women perceive the state of the nation, issues that matter, and the candidates are the defining divide in American politics today, shaping the outcome of the presidential race in just 10 days.

In the latest USA TODAY/Suffolk University national poll, women overwhelmingly supported Democrat Kamala Harris (53% to 36%). That’s a mirror image of men’s overwhelming support for Republican Donald Trump, 53% to 37%. If these margins persist through Election Day, it would be the widest disparity since the gender gap emerged more than four decades ago in 1980.

—Susan Page, Sudiksha Kochi and Maya Marchel Hoff

A new survey shows that peer pressure may be the key to mobilizing young voters

From podcast appearances to celebrity endorsements, VP Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump in the final days of the 2024 presidential campaign, they did everything in their power to attract young voters to the polls.

For Harris, these efforts appear to be working.

The Harvard Youth Poll released Friday shows that Harris leads Trump by 20 points nationally among registered voters under 30. main swing states – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin – where the race is tighter, Harris’ lead dropped to 9 points.

–Karissa Waddick

When will Trump appear on Joe Rogan’s podcast?

Former President Donald Trump is set to appear on Friday on the giant podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience.” Rogan is scheduled for a job interview According to Politico, Trump in his studio in Austin, Texas.

This would mark Trump’s first appearance on Rogan’s wildly popular podcast. Vice President Kamala Harris also appears on her own podcasts, including “Call Her Daddy” hosted by Alex Cooper.

– Sudiksha Kochi and Fernando Cervantes Jr.

Polls published on Thursday confirm this opinion what has been clear for weeks: this is an extremely close race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. The portion of the electorate that candidates can influence is getting smaller as more people across the country head to the polls early voting.

In a poll from The Wall Street Journal released Thursday, Trump led Harris by two percentage points, well within the poll’s margin of error. However, Harris led Trump by three percentage points in the Tipp-tracking poll.

– Kinsey Crowley

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Harris will be in the Republican state of Texas. He will join her Senate Hope Colin Allred at a rally in Houston that will focus on the loss of reproductive freedom – a central issue in both candidates’ campaigns.

Harris is expected to be joined by the global superstar during the campaign break Beyoncewho is from Houston.

– USA TODAY Network

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Trump will hold a rally in Traverse Cityin Michigan, making remarks Friday on a key battleground.

Trump is too set to appear on the giant podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “Politico” reported.Rogan will interview Trump at his studio in Austin, Texas.

– Fernando Cervantes Jr., Marina Pitofsky