Trump tells North Carolina 'tomorrow we are going to win this state' and four more years
Trump will appear in four states today, as Biden focuses on Pennsylvania and Ohio
On the eve of Election Day, President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday return to the handful of states that will largely determine the outcome of their fiercely-contested race and make their closing appeals to voters.
In Fayetteville, North Carolina, during his first engagement of the day, the president told a large and invigorated group of supporters that "Tomorrow we are going to win this state and we are going to win four more years in our great White House."
Trump addressed what he called "the fake poll numbers," many of which, until recently, showed Biden with a significant edge -- not dissimilarly to the numbers shown during the final days of the 2016 cycle.
Trump, whose rally Sunday night in Florida stretched past 1:00 a.m., despite an area curfew, will keep a tight schedule Monday. The president will hold five rallies across four states – Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Trump won all four in 2016 and needs them again to get 270 Electoral College votes to win reelection.
Biden, a former vice president and senator, will make his case to voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Biden holds a narrowing lead in four of the five states on the final day campaign tour, with Trump holding a slight edge in Ohio, according to RealClearPolitics poll averages.
The race has been among the most unusual in U.S. history as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which significantly limited conventions, rallies, get-out-the vote efforts and essentially every aspect of a typical presidential election cycle.
The candidates' respective policies on how to address the deadly, economically devastating virus have also been a major part of the campaigns and a significant issue for voters.
After North Carolina, Trump will head to a rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania – Biden's birthplace.
Trump will then proceed to Traverse City, Michigan, Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Trump visits will be the third and fourth time , respectively, inside of a week that the two swing states.
He spent much of Saturday campaigning in Pennsylvania, which has 20 crucial Electoral College votes.
Biden and his camp also are focusing their attention on Pennsylvania, where the candidate will spend most of Monday. In the evening, he will travel to Cleveland to make his final argument to Ohio voters.
Vice President Mike Pence will visit three states on Monday, beginning in Pennsylvania, followed by Wisconsin, then on to Michigan, where he will join the president at the final Make America Great Again Victory rally.
Biden running-mate Sen. Kamala Harris will on Monday hold several voter-mobilization events in Pennsylvania.