Tense countdown to US polls

OPPONENTS: FRANTIC EFFORTS TO WIN LAST HOLDOUTS WITH FEW HOURS REMAINING

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Kamala Harris courted voters angered by the Gaza war while Donald Trump doubled down on violent rhetoric with a comment about journalists being shot as the tense US election campaign entered its final hours.

The Democratic vice-president and the Republican former president frantically blitzed several swing states as they tried to win over the last holdouts with less than 36 hours left until polls open today.

Trump predicted a "landslide", while Harris told a raucous rally in must-win Michigan: "We have momentum - it's on our side."

The 2024 race is going down to the wire, with more key states effectively tied at this point than in any comparable election.

Over 77.6 million people have cast early votes, around half of the total ballots cast in 2020.

With the clock ticking, Harris, 60, spent the day in Michigan where she risks losing the critical support of a 200,000-strong Arab-American community that has denounced US handling of the Israel-Hamas war.