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2024 election updates: Harris says Trump 'fanning the fuel' of division after New York rally

"It is absolutely something that is intended," Harris says of racist rhetoric.

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.


More than 45 million Americans have voted early

More than 45 million Americans have voted early as of 4 p.m. ET Monday, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the total number of early votes, 22,775,211 were cast in person and 22,472,909 were returned by mail.


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Biden calls Trump's rally 'embarrassing' and 'beneath any president'

President Joe Biden criticized Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden, where he and other speakers ramped up anti-immigrant rhetoric.

“It’s embarrassing. Just simply embarrassing. It’s beneath any president, but that's what we're getting used to," Biden said. "That's why this election is so important. You know, most presidential scholars I've spoken to talk about the single most consequential thing about a president is character. Character. And -- and he puts that in question every time he opens his mouth.”

With just over a week to go until Election Day, Biden was asked if he’d be on the trail with the vice president this week, but he made no mention of any joint events, which have been rare this election. Instead, he said he’s been on the trail where the campaign thinks he can help the most and will be in Pennsylvania this week.

And for the first time, he spoke out on Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaway to registered voters who sign a petition supporting the First and Second amendments, at first sarcastically saying, “Tell him I’m registered," before calling it “totally inappropriate."

-ABC News' Justin Gomez


Biden casts his vote early in Delaware

President Joe Biden cast his ballot after waiting in line for 30 minutes.

"Joseph Biden now voting," a poll worker said inside the room after checking the president's ID.

The president also assisted a woman in a wheelchair through the line and into the voting location.

After he cast his vote, Biden was asked if this was a bittersweet moment for him, given that he had once been at the top of the Democratic ticket, but he said, "No, this is just sweet."

-ABC News' Justin Gomez


Nearly 25% of Michigan's active registered voters have cast their ballot

More than 250,000 voters cast ballots during the first two days of in-person statewide early voting in the swing state, and over 1.5 million Michigan voters have submitted absentee ballots, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced at a press conference on Monday.

Benson said that 24% of the state’s active registered voters have by now already cast their ballot.

Benson also highlighted some demographic breakdowns about who has voted early in Michigan so far. Almost two-thirds of Michigan citizens who voted by mail are older than 60, but 61% of those who early voted so far are under 60, and 13.5% of early voters are under 30. Benson added that "of all the votes cast to date in Michigan's elections, 55% are from women and 44% are from men."

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim


Biden stands in line at polling place to cast his ballot

President Joe Biden is at a polling place in New Castle, Delaware, to vote early in the 2024 election.

According to reporters traveling with the president, there was a line of more than 100 people when he arrived. Biden walked toward the back of the line and was seen greeting and speaking with voters.