With 10 days to go until Election Day, and President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden racing toward Nov. 3, voters have turned out in record numbers to cast their ballots early.
More than 57.4 million Americans have already voted in the 2020 election, reflecting an extraordinary level of participation and interest despite unprecedented barriers brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
In the final weeks of campaigning, the president has remained on defense as polls show him trailing nationally and in several battleground states key to his reelection hopes. He has three rallies across battleground states Saturday -- in North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Biden, maintaining a lead in national polls -- his largest of the election, according to FiveThirtyEight's average -- has deployed his top surrogate, former President Barack Obama, to stump for him in Miami Saturday.
Polls indicate a huge pre-Election-Day edge for Biden and a sizable Trump advantage among those who plan to vote on Nov. 3. Trump has sowed doubt in the mail-in ballot process -- and imminent election results -- for months.
All 50 states plus Washington, D.C., have some form of early voting underway. Check out FiveThirtyEight’s guide to voting during the COVID-19 pandemic here.
Here's how the news is developing today. All times Eastern.
Oct 24, 2020, 4:52 PM EDT
Trump on the election: 'Nothing worries me'
As President Donald Trump arrived in Ohio for his second campaign rally of the day, he told reporters "nothing worries me" about the election.
"I think we’re doing just very well, you look at the numbers in Florida. We're way ahead where we were four years ago, right? Way ahead where we were four years ago and I think I can say that everywhere else," the president said.
Trump said he voted "straight Republican" when he went to vote early in Florida Saturday morning.
-ABC News' Elizabeth Thomas
Oct 24, 2020, 4:47 PM EDT
Obama slams Trump: 'He hasn't shown any interest in doing the work'
Former President Barack Obama campaigned in Miami Saturday at a drive-in rally for his former vice president, Joe Biden, and slammed President Donald Trump for "treating the presidency like a reality show.
Former President Barack Obama speaks as he campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at Florida International University, Oct. 24, 2020, in North Miami, Fla.
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Former President Barack Obama speaks as he campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at Florida International University, Oct. 24, 2020, in North Miami, Fla.
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"He hasn’t shown any interest in doing the work," Obama said.
"We literally left this White House a pandemic playbook that showed them how to respond before a virus reached our shores," he said.
People wait for former President Barack Obama during a drive-in campaign rally on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden in Miami, Oct. 24, 2020.
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A supporter waits at a drive-in rally for former President Barack Obama to campaign on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee and his former Vice President Joe Biden in Miami, Oct. 24, 2020.
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"The rest of us have to live with the consequences of what he's done. At least 220,000 Americans are dead. More than 100,000 small businesses have closed," Obama said. "You think he's hard at work coming up with a plan to get us out of this mess?"
Supporters of Biden-Harris sit in their car as they wait for former President Barack Obama to speak at a Biden-Harris drive-in rally in Miami, on Oct. 24, 2020.
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Obama also slammed Trump for bashing the press. "If you're spending all your time complaining about how mean reporters are to you, you're not going to stand up to Putin," Obama said.
"With Joe and Kamala [Harris] at the helm, you won't have to think about them every single day," Obama said. "It won't be so exhausting. Just having a normal president."
Obama also called out Republicans for trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act without presenting a replacement.
"When they're asked about it, they say 'Well, look, we're going to have a great replacement. It's coming. It's going to be here in two weeks,'" Obama said. "It's been 10 years now, and every two weeks they say they've got a replacement."
Oct 24, 2020, 3:14 PM EDT
Trump says COVID-19 cases are up 'because we test'
In response to former Vice President Joe Biden, who warned of a "dark winter" due to the pandemic, President Donald Trump said Saturday, "we gotta have spirit."
The U.S. on Friday saw its highest daily number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. "If we tested half cases would be half," the president argued, despite the fact that cases would still exist even if undetected.
Audience members react as President Donald Trump walks on stage before delivering remarks at a campaign event at the Robeson County Fairgrounds in Lumberton, N.C., Oct. 24, 2020.
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign event at the Robeson County Fairgrounds in Lumberton, N.C., Oct. 24, 2020.
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Trump expressed his exhaustion with hearing about COVID-19 cases, repeating the word "COVID" 10 times in a matter of seconds, mocking the coverage of the pandemic.
"That's all I hear about now. That’s all I hear ... COVID COVID COVID COVID COVID COVID, a plane goes down, 500 people that they don't talk about it. COVID COVID COVID COVID, by the way, on November 4 you won't hear about it anymore," he said to his roughly few thousand supporters gathered in the sun not socially distanced. Not many wore masks even though some people had masks dangling from their necks.
New Yorkers, many clad in face masks, are waiting in long lines Saturday to cast their early ballots on the first day of in-person voting.
Madison Square Garden and the Barclays Center are among the venues transformed into voting centers.
Voters line up to cast ballots outside Madison Square Garden which is used as a polling station, on New York state's first day of early voting in New York City, Oct. 24, 2020.
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Voters line up to cast ballots in Manhattan outside Madison Square Garden, which is being used as a polling station, on the first day of early voting in New York, Oct. 24, 2020.
