• Kamala Harris says ‘the momentum is on our side’ as she rallies students and other supporters at Michigan State University
• Young voters are a key voting bloc for Harris, who rallied at the University of Michigan six days earlier.
• Harris also visited Detroit and Pontiac during her final campaign tour of the swing state before Tuesday’s election.

EAST LANSING – At her last rally in Michigan before Election Day, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris told a crowd on a college campus that “the momentum is on our side,” but there is still more work to do.

“Michigan, you will make a difference in this election,” Harris said Sunday afternoon at Michigan State University’s Jenison Field House, where she urged students to bring their friends to the polls on Election Day.

Harris’ 22-minute speech to a crowd of thousands was mostly campaign material she had used in previous visits to Michigan during her short 15-week campaign. His appeals to the college-age crowd were clear. The 60-year-old introduced herself as “a new generation of leadership” and told the students directly: “I love Generation Z.”

The vice president praised them as “rightly impatient” for wanting changes on issues like abortion, gun violence and climate change.

“This is your lived experience, I see you, I see your power and I am so proud of you,” she said.

Harris did not directly mention her rival, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, but she alluded to him and positioned herself as the candidate of change in the race despite spending the last four years as vice president.

“We have an opportunity in this election to finally turn the page on a decade of politics, driven by fear and division,” he said. “We’re done with it and we’re exhausted. And America is ready for a new beginning. Ready for a new path forward.”

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With Election Day approaching on Tuesday, approximately 3 million Michiganders have already cast their ballots, either by mail or through early in-person voting, more than 40% of all active registered voters in the state. Both Democrats and Republicans have spent the last week making final efforts to get voters to the polls.

Polls continue to show Harris and Trump effectively tied in Michigan, although some aggregators offer a slight lead for Harris. The latest polls from Sienna College and Mitchell Research showed Harris tied and two percentage points ahead of Trump respectively, a statistical tie that means either candidate could win a decisive victory in Michigan.

The role of university students

Six days after she said “turn blue” at an Ann Arbor rallyHarris shouted “go green” on Sunday in the state of Michigan, where her supporters responded with an enthusiastic “go white.”

College students remain a crucial voting bloc that Democrats are relying on to deliver victory to Harris in Michigan, and her campaign stops in the crucial final week before the election underscore the campaign work they must do.