US elections

Are there people out there who don’t usually vote, young men perhaps, that the polls aren’t picking up and are swinging to Trump in large numbers?

We speak to Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky, who’s in Pennsylvania, and Republican strategist Kristin Davison, who’s in New Mexico as the campaigns head into the final days.

The US election is now a mere two days away, and Donald Trump is racing around three of the seven crucial swing states, while Kamala Harris is focusing her campaigning on Michigan.

America always elects its President on the first Tuesday of November which means that elections always come just after Halloween. 

We last spoke to Eddie S. Glaude Jr., a Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University four years ago, before the previous election.

We were joined by Janelle King who’s an election official in Georgia and former deputy director of the state Republican party.

Typically more Democrats turn out early, but this time, many Republicans have too, after Donald Trump reversed his 2020 advice, and encouraged them to vote in advance.

Donald Trump has ramped up his war of words with former Republican Liz Cheney, suggesting she should have guns trained on her face. 

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are out trying to salvage their US election campaigns after a series of gaffes started by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling Puerto Rico an ‘island of garbage’, followed by President Joe Biden appearing to say Trump’s supporters are garbage.

This election is not just a battle of Trump vs Harris, but a final head-to-head between MAGA and the Old Republicans.

In the battleground state of Arizona, polls give Donald Trump the slimmest of leads. So Kamala Harris has been busy courting moderate Republicans during the election campaign – including suburban women. But are they likely to shift her way?

We are joined by Republican strategist Eric Tanenblatt and Dr Jasmine Clark, who is a Democrat and a Georgia State Representative.

You might have thought this election couldn’t get any scarier but it’s Halloween – so cue Donald Trump dressed as a bin man, the first lady turning into a panda and the President biting a baby dressed as a chicken.

In one week America goes to the polls. For both sides their version of the Republic is on the line.

One of those swing states is Michigan – home to some big lakes, a big car industry and a large Arab American population very upset with the Biden administration over Gaza.