Harris and Trump make final push in swing states

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are returning to the key US swing state of Pennsylvania today for one last push to sway wavering voters on the eve of a deeply polarised presidential election race that polls have suggested will go down to the wire.

- Edward Helmore New York Hugo Lowell Washington

Neither candidate has a definitive lead in any of the seven states that will determine the result, according to the final New York Times/Siena College poll of the contest, which was published yesterday. However, in Pennsylvania, which represents the biggest swing state prize with 19 electoral votes, the Republican candidate had made progress, wiping out a four-percentage-point lead held by Harris in all the paper's previous polls.

In a sign of the state's importance, Harris will finish her campaign with stops there, following a weekend spent seeking to convince voters that she will bring down the cost of living - a top concern after several years of high inflation. She also repeated her message that Trump was dangerous, and urged Americans to move on from his divisive approach. "We have an opportunity in this election to turn the page on a decade of Donald Trump trying to keep us divided and afraid of each other. We're done with that," Harris said in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday.

At a rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania, yesterday Trump went on long tangents and hardly mentioned his usual points on the economy, immigration and criticism of Harris, though he did begin with the question: "Do you like it better now or four years ago? Here's all you need to know: Kamala broke it and we're going to fix it."

Trump, who returns to the state for two more rallies today, also criticised the US election process - a common theme of his stump speeches - saying: "It's a damn shame and I'm the only one who talks about it because everyone is damn afraid to talk about it."