About 25 million Americans vote in undecided states

2024-10-24 08:09:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

As millions of Americans head to the polls, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris seeks the support of undecided voters in Pennsylvania and Republican Donald Trump holds rallies in the state of Georgia.

Nearly 25 million Americans voted in person or by mail, according to data from the University of Florida Election Laboratory. Some US states allow early voting.

Several states, including swing states North Carolina and Georgia, saw record turnouts last week on the first day of early voting.

"The votes cast in Georgia are at record levels," Republican Trump said during a religious and election-themed rally in Zebulon, Georgia. "The votes cast in every state are at record levels. We are doing very well and we hope we can fix our country".

The strong turnout in early voting comes as Vice President Harris and former President Trump enjoy nearly equal support in battleground states with less than two weeks left until the Nov. 5 election.

In recent days, candidate Trump has been trying to win the support of Christian religious currents, in the hope that they will put aside their concerns about his often colorful comments.

The Republican candidate, for whom rallies have been a campaign staple since 2015, said in Zebulon, Georgia, that he felt sad that his time as a politician was coming to an end.

If he wins the November election, Mr Trump will lead the country for four years, his second and final term. After Zebulon, Mr. Trump held a rally in Duluth, Georgia, accompanied by journalist Tucker Carlson and former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Vice President Harris is holding a rally in Pennsylvania to try to win the support of undecided voters and change the balance of a tight race where even a small percentage of the vote could be decisive. Harris, a Democrat, seized on comments from former President Trump's chief of staff, John Kelly, who told the New York Times that Mr. Trump meets the "general definition of a fascist" and that he admired dictators. Ms. Harris, who has argued that Republican Trump poses a threat to American democracy, called Mr. Trump's comments quoted by Mr. Kelly as "deeply disturbing and extremely dangerous."

Republican Trump's campaign leaders have dismissed Mr. Kelly's comments, calling them "made-up stories."

Ms. Harris failed to convince Mr. Trump for a second presidential debate hosted by the CNN network after she was declared the winner of the first debate in September hosted by the ABC News network.

Pennsylvania and Georgia are among the states that will determine who will win the election for the White House. Both candidates are likely to hold other rallies in these states before the Nov. 5 election.

Of the 7 swing states, Pennsylvania is the largest and has 19 electors, the highest number among what are considered swing states.

In the last two races, the candidate who won in Pennsylvania also won the presidential election. The difference in both cases was narrow, with several tens of thousands of votes in a state with millions of voters. While polls show the race to be extremely close, Pennsylvania could determine the winner of the White House./ Voa