There are just five days left until millions of Americans across the country head to the polls to vote in the 2024 presidential election, and candidates are hitting the campaign trail in earnest as they make their final attempts to woo voters in key battleground states. battlefield.

Both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump held campaign events Thursday in Nevada and Arizona, and Trump also made a rare stop in the Democratic stronghold of New Mexico, where he remained focused on immigration issues and the U.S. border. and Mexico.

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“Hispanics love Trump,” he said during a rally in Albequerque. “They do. It’s true. I like them. They’re smart. You’re a lot smarter than the person running for president on the Democratic side.”

With its five electoral votes, New Mexico is not considered a battleground state. The state has gone for Democratic presidential candidates since 2004.

However, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanic residents in the country, and the Trump campaign has claimed it has made inroads with the voting bloc, which traditionally favors Democrats. New Mexico is also a border state, allowing Trump to focus on his strict immigration policies.

Most political experts, however, do not believe Trump can change the situation in New Mexico. The most recent survey of Albuquerque Diary shows Harris with a nine-point lead in the state.

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Meanwhile, Harris maintained her priorities Thursday in the key states of Arizona and Nevada, where she sought to remind voters, particularly Latinos, of the racially charged rhetoric coming from Trump and his supporters.

“As president, I am committed to finding common ground and common sense solutions to the challenges you face,” Harris said at a rally in Reno, Nevada. “I’m not looking to score political points. What I’m looking to do is make progress.”

Thursday will likely be the last time Harris and Trump travel West before Election Day to focus on the biggest electoral prizes on the East Coast.

Depending on what happens in places like Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, a candidate could clinch the race or have to wait for votes to be counted in places like Arizona and Nevada.