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Trump Travels Saturday to Pennsylvania; Biden to Michigan

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   With only three days of campaigning left before Election Day in the
   United States, both top candidates travel to battleground states
   Saturday, with Republican President Donald Trump focusing on
   Pennsylvania while Democratic candidate former Vice President Joe Biden
   plans events in Michigan.

   Biden will be campaigning alongside former President Barack Obama for
   the first time during the campaign. The two will travel to Flint and
   Detroit on Saturday, part of two days of campaigning to get out the
   vote in Michigan.

   In Detroit, they will be joined by singer Stevie Wonder, who will
   perform at a drive-in rally. Wonder has previously performed at several
   Democratic events, including for Obama's campaigns in 2008 and 2012 as
   well as for Hillary Clinton in 2016.

   Trump plans to hold four rallies in cities across Pennsylvania on
   Saturday. The president narrowly won the state in 2016 and is seeking
   to repeat his performance there. Polls currently show Biden with a
   slight advantage.

   Trump told reporters Friday that he is undecided about his election
   night plans after The New York Times reported he canceled plans to
   appear at an event at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.

   "We haven't made a determination," Trump said in response to a
   reporter's question about his whereabouts on election night. Trump said
   coronavirus restrictions imposed by the local government in Washington,
   including a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people, would be a factor
   in the decision.

   "You know, Washington, D.C., is shut down.'¯The mayor has shut it down.
   So we have a hotel; I don't know if it's shut -- if you're allowed to
   use it or not, but I know the mayor has shut down Washington, D.C. And
   if that's the case, we'll probably stay here or pick another location,"
   Trump added.

   On Friday, Trump and Biden both campaigned in the Midwest with Trump
   traveling to Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, while Biden held events
   in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.

   Michigan has 16 electoral votes, Minnesota and Wisconsin have 10 each,
   and Iowa has six.

   Biden told supporters at a drive-in rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds
   in Des Moines Friday that the state hit a daily record number of
   coronavirus cases and hospitalizations this week and argued that Trump
   "has given up" on fighting the virus.

   Trump told supporters at an outdoor rally in Waterford Township,
   Michigan, that Biden has predicted a dark winter ahead because of the
   coronavirus pandemic.

   "Just what our country needs is a long dark winter and a leader who
   talks about it," Trump said.

   The president said a safe vaccine would be delivered to Americans in a
   matter of weeks, adding that it will be free because "this wasn't your
   fault. This wasn't anyone's fault. This was China's fault."

   National polls typically show Biden with a'¯lead of 7 or 8 percentage
   points'¯over Trump,'¯although'¯the margin'¯is'¯about half that
   in'¯several'¯key battleground states that are likely to determine the
   outcome in the'¯Electoral College.

   According to [1]an average of major polls compiled by the website Real
   Clear Politics,'¯Biden and Trump'¯are virtually tied in the
   battleground states of Florida, Arizona, and North Carolina, while'¯the
   president'¯trails'¯the former vice president'¯in Michigan,
   Pennsylvania, and'¯Wisconsin.

   Americans are'¯voting'¯early'¯for Tuesday's presidential election'¯in
   unprecedented numbers, a'¯product'¯of strong feelings'¯for or'¯against
   the'¯two main'¯candidates and a desire to avoid'¯large Election
   Day'¯crowds at polling stations'¯during the'¯pandemic.

   More than'¯82'¯million people had'¯already voted'¯as of Friday,'¯well
   above half of'¯the overall 2016'¯vote'¯count,'¯which
   was'¯138.8'¯million.

References

   1. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/trump-vs-biden-top-battleground-states/

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