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Latest US election: Trump and Harris deliver latest releases – as professor who predicted nine of last 10 elections says he’s ‘certain’ who will win | News from the USA

Latest US election: Trump and Harris deliver latest releases – as professor who predicted nine of last 10 elections says he’s ‘certain’ who will win | News from the USA

Kamala Harris heads to the crucial state of Pennsylvania for the final day of the campaign

Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Pennsylvania for the 18th time since launching her presidential bid, trying to drum up support from last-minute voters.

Ms. Harris will start at an event to start a hawking crisis in Scranton, Pennsylvaniaone of seven swing states that will be decisive in tomorrow’s election.

The state has 19 electoral college votes, making it the most important of the key battlegrounds.

She will address hundreds of campaigners before they knock on doors to get people to vote for the Democratic nominee.

Ms Harris will then be joined by US rapper Fat Joe Allentowna majority Latino city that is home to 34,000 Puerto Ricans.

The courting of Puerto Ricans in the US, a key part of the electorate, has intensified in the past week following comments at a Trump rally that described Puerto Rico, a US territory in the Caribbean, as a “floating garbage island”.

Mrs. Harris will then proceed to Readingwhere he is to visit a local Puerto Rican restaurant with Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.

The Democratic congresswoman’s family is from Puerto Rico, and she previously hit back at comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s “floating island of trash” comment, saying it was “super upsetting.”

Governor Josh Shapiro will also be in Reading as Ms. Harris will highlight what is at stake in the upcoming election, particularly for the Puerto Rican community.

In the evening, Ms. Harris will be joined by her husband, Douglas Emhoff, at a rally and concert in Pittsburgh which will see DJ D-Nice, Katy Perry and Andra Day.

The day will end in Philadelphia – the birthplace of American democracy – gathering Philadelphians at the famous Rocky Steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Set to appear are DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe, Freeway and Just Blaze, Lady Gaga, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ricky Martin, The Roots, Jazmine Sullivan and Adam Blackstone and Oprah Winfrey.