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Election 2020 updates: Trump claims he saved Big Ten football, slams Obama

Trump rallied in Ohio, just 30 miles from Ohio State's campus.

ByLibby Cathey, Emily Shapiro, and Mark Osborne
Last Updated: October 24, 2020, 3:14 PM EDT

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.

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Here's how the news is developing today. All times Eastern.
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.

The presidential race is in a dead-heat contest in North Carolina, where Biden has 49% support among likely voters in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll in the state, while Trump has 48% support.

Trump narrowly won North Carolina in 2016.

-ABC News' Will Steakin

Oct 24, 2020, 1:13 PM EDT

Long lines at NYC early voting locations

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.
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-ABC News' Josh Hoyos

Oct 24, 2020, 12:45 PM EDT

Biden says Trump will accept election results: 'I'm not worried about any coup'

Former Vice President Joe Biden said on the "Pod Save America" podcast that Trump will accept the results of the election and he's "not worried about any coup."

"I guarantee you, he'll accept the results, and he'll be out in -- there's no one gonna stick with him," Biden told hosts Dan Pfeiffer and Jon Lovett in an interview taped Friday and posted Saturday morning.

-ABC News' John Verhovek

Oct 24, 2020, 12:40 PM EDT

Biden says Trump 'cares more about the stock market than he does you'

The election "may come down to Pennsylvania," former Vice President Joe Biden said at a drive-in event in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden attend a drive-in campaign event at Bucks County Community College in Bristol, Pa., Oct. 24, 2020.
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"And I believe in you, I believe in my state," said Biden, a Scranton native.

People listen as Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign stop at Bucks County Community College, Oct. 24, 2020, in Bristol, Pa.
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a drive-in campaign event at Bucks County Community College in Bristol, Pa. Oct. 24, 2020.
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Biden then turned to attack President Donald Trump's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Yesterday while he is telling us everything is alright, we saw the highest number -- 85,000 new cases in one day," Biden said.

At a Friday night rally, Trump told his supporters the virus is "going away."

Biden warned of a "dark winter ahead unless we change our ways."

"All because this president cares more about the stock market than he does you," Biden said.

Bucks County is a perennial battleground in the swing state, carried by President Obama by less than 4,000 votes in 2012. In 2016, Trump lost the county by less than 1%.

-ABC News' Ben Siegel