Evening Report — 5 days: Wisconsin, Nevada in focus

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Evening Report

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5 days: Trump, Harris criss-cross battlegrounds

Former President Trump and Vice President Harris are shadowing one another across the battleground states with five days to go before the polls close on the 2024 election.

In focus for both campaigns this week: Nevada, which traditionally breaks for the Democratic nominee, and Wisconsin, which was the most competitive “Blue Wall” state in 2020.

Trump and Harris both campaigned Wednesday night in Wisconsin. They’ll both return Friday for rallies in Milwaukee.

Trump and Harris are in Nevada on Thursday. Harris has stops planned in Reno this evening and Las Vegas just after midnight on the East Coast, while Trump campaigns in Henderson, the second largest city in the state.

Harris is trying to avoid becoming the first Democratic nominee in 20 years to lose Nevada, which has become more competitive in recent elections. Election analysts generally don’t read too much into early voting returns, but Jon Ralston at the Nevada Independent notes this morning that the GOP is “looking stronger than ever at this point in an election” and holds a “substantial ballot lead.”

Trump is trying to win for a second time in three elections in Wisconsin. Trump carried the Badger State by less than 1 point in 2016. President Biden won it back by less than 1 point in 2020.

While Harris appears poised to stick to the seven swing states for the final days of the campaign, Trump will hold rallies in traditionally blue states.

Trump campaigned in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday, where he told the crowd the visit is "good for my credentials with the Hispanic or Latino community."

 He’ll travel Saturday to Salem, Va.

Does the Trump campaign believe those states are truly in play?

“Donald Trump is playing offense right now,” Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Watley told NewsNation’s Blake Burman. “We are seeing numbers. We are seeing indicators that show us that those states may be in play.”

Election analysts, meanwhile, say they have no idea who will win the race.

Via CNN polling guru Harry Enten: “This remains the closest presidential election I've ever seen... I have no idea who is going to win. I haven't........

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