Obama criticizes comic's Puerto Rico remarks at Trump's rally

“These are fellow citizens he’s talking about," Obama said in Philadelphia.

ByAlexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, Tal Axelrod, Emily Chang, Meredith Deliso, and David Brennan
Last Updated: October 29, 2024, 6:12 AM EDT

As we head into the final full week of campaigning before Election Day, the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll shows Kamala Harris with a slight 51-47% lead over Donald Trump among likely voters nationally -- but the polls in the battleground states remain essentially deadlocked within the margin of error.

Fallout continues over racist comments made at Trump's big rally on Sunday at Madison Square Garden and Harris is preparing for her "closing argument" Tuesday night on the Ellipse near the Capitol and White House in Washington.

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Oct 29, 3:48 am

More than 47.5 million Americans have voted early

More than 47.5 million Americans have voted early as of just after 9 p.m. ET Monday, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the total number of early votes, 24,243,105 were cast in person and 23,384,971 were returned by mail.

President Joe Biden departs a polling station after casting his early voting ballot for the 2024 general elections on Oct. 28, 2024, in New Castle, Delaware.
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Oct 28, 2024, 9:37 AM EDT

More than 41 million Americans have voted early

As of 5:45 a.m. ET on Monday, more than 41 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the 41,989,199 total early votes, 21,111,171 were cast in person and 21,338,290 were balloted returned by mail.

On Monday, voters in Washington, D.C., can start casting their ballots early, in person. Almost all of the states that offer in-person early voting have begun offering it by now.

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim

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