With the arrival of October 22, the two-week countdown to voting day for the US President has officially begun.
The race is about to enter its most frantic period, as both campaigns try to win last-minute support in states that will decide who enters the White House.
These include Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The closing time of polls on November 5 will vary due to time zones – meaning people will still be queuing to vote in Seattle and California, while ballots are already being counted in key locations such as Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
Kamala Harris toured Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin on Monday with former Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney on Monday — and the outcome of the 2020 election helps explain why.
Joe Biden won these states by a narrow margin of less than 3% of the vote.
During the Republican primaries earlier this year, Nikki Haley - who was presented as an alternative to Trump - lost all three to the finalist, but received more votes in all of them than the number that decided the race four years earlier. seen.
In Michigan, which Biden carried by 154,000 votes in 2020, Haley received about 297,000 votes.
Biden won Pennsylvania by a margin of about 82,000 votes. Haley received about 158,000 votes there.
Wisconsin was won by Biden by 21,000 votes. Haley received about 77,000 votes.
A small poll from earlier this month by Blueprint, a Democratic-affiliated firm, suggested that about 14% of Republicans who voted for Haley this year and who voted for Trump in 2020 may take their vote elsewhere.
Harris spokesman Brian Fallon told reporters last week that he believes there are "a good number of independents and Haley-style Republicans who are very open to voting for VP Harris."
In July, Haley offered her "strong support" for Trump, but she has yet to appear with him at any rally - although US media have reported that she is in talks to do so.
Still, the Harris campaign clearly hopes Haley voters will switch sides — and potentially swing in critical races.