A few days before the elections, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in the final stretch of their campaign tours, but the tones of each could not contrast more, with Trump on the offensive and in the message and Harris playing defense against the political far left at her own rallies.

Although Harris initially tried to portray her campaign as one of “joy,” Trump has adopted an almost jovial tone as polls and bets increasingly show him as the favorite. Furthermore, his recent rally at Madison Square Garden was an offensive play in the heart of Democratic territory and saw tens of thousands of people gather in the Big Apple for what he later considered a “love festival“

Polling data shows a close race, with Trump maintaining a 0.3% lead in it RealClearPolitics average. that exit currently projects Trump will win 287 electoral votes to Harris’ 251. Polymarket Betting Odds They also favor Trump winning with a 61.1% chance compared to Harris’ 39.0%.

Although the race remains in undecided territory, the Trump campaign is quite optimistic. Campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio, this week, posted a note highlighting the difference in polls between this election and 2020. The key point was that, in all the swing states, Trump is doing better than he did in 2020 by a significant margin.

“I point this out NOT to stoke overconfidence or complacency, but to illustrate how close this election is and that victory is within our reach,” he wrote. “It is crucial that we do not get distracted by the media noise and stay focused on our bottom line, persuading the few remaining undecided voters and mobilizing our base.”

The Trump campaign appears to have taken his words to heart.

Trump’s last week

Kicking off the week with his spectacular Madison Square Garden rally, Trump proceeded to hold event after event across all the key battlegrounds, often holding two rallies a day. Election weekend It will see him go further and hold three rallies each on Saturday and Sunday, with four more scheduled for Monday.

While two are scheduled for North Carolina, Trump plans to appear in Salem, Virginia, as Old Dominion appears competitive. Their Saturday events stem from Friday rallies in Michigan and Wisconsin. His Sunday will include rallies in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, while Monday will see him hold four more, two in Pennsylvania and one each in North Carolina and Michigan.

Triumph opened his rally in Michiganapplauding the crowd size and positive energy of their events, including stunts like driving a garbage truck after President Biden called his supporters “trash.”

“They will never be like what we have done,” he said of the Democratic rallies. “We’ve done something unprecedented and we’ve had fun, but now, hopefully, we have to get to work.”

The final sprint comes as the Trump campaign has carefully crafted its closing argument of “Kamala broke it, but Trump will fix it.That line has become increasingly prominent among Trump surrogates and at his rallies, serving as a de facto second slogan.

“Trump is talking about solving Americans’ problems, while Kamala Harris is focused solely on attacking him,” a campaign official said. He “asks people to vote for something, while she asks people to vote against something.”

Harris confronts protesters and stumbles

The vice president, for her part, has faced continued interruptions and protests during her final week, with pro-Palestinian protesters often interrupting her remarks. Harris has struggled to respond in many of those situations, often reprimanding them for interrupting her or acknowledging the importance of their concerns.

Pro-Palestinian protesters were present outside her “final argument” speech Tuesday night when she spoke in the ellipseoutside the White House.

Additionally, at their Thursday afternoon rally in Reno, Nevada, protesters chanting “Free, free Palestine” were expelled from the event. Harris herself seemed nervous. for what had happened and began to speak incoherently in response, looking around for an assistant or a teleprompter. Instead, he made his now-famous “word salad.”

“You know what? Let me say something about this,” he said as the chants grew louder. “We’re here because we’re fighting for a democracy, fighting for a democracy. And understand the difference here… Understand the difference here , move forward, move forward, understand the difference here. What we’re seeing is a difference in this election,” he said. “Let’s move forward and see where we are.”

The events serve as a kind of microcosm for a campaign that has struggled to appease its most left-wing supporters and articulate its positions on key issues.

His Saturday will include rallies in Atlanta, Georgia, Charlotte, North Carolina and East Lansing, Michigan, according to the Philadelphia researcher. He will conclude his campaign in Pennsylvania with multiple rallies on Monday.

Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday.