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Harris and Trump are locked in a tight battle in Michiganpublished at 6.30pm UK Summer Time, October 26

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reports from Battle Creek, Michigan

Hello from Michigan, where both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are campaigning on the first day of early voting statewide.

As with the other six key battleground states, the race here is extremely close. Polls show Harris and Trump neck and neck.

The latest New York Times/Siena poll, updated this morning, shows Harris’s approval rating at 49% compared to 48% for Trump.

More than a million Michiganders have already voted by mail, and Detroit residents can vote starting October 19.

I’m headed to the nearby city of Kalamazoo, where Harris will host a “Get Out the Vote” event with former first lady Michelle Obama.

As we saw in Texas last night, and across the country a few days earlier, many celebrities, such as Beyonce, expressed their support for the vice president as part of the Harris campaign.

Meanwhile, Trump is in the city of Novi for his own rally. He held another rally in Traverse City last night, where many rallygoers waited in temperatures as high as 10°C (50°F) after the former president’s arrival was delayed for several hours due to his flight Texas Interview with Joe Rogan .

Journalists reported that many people left after seeing a tweet informing them that he was leaving Texas around the time the rally was about to start.

“I’m very sorry,” Trump told the crowd. “We were very close and I thought you wouldn’t mind because we’re trying to win.”

In 2020, Biden narrowly won Michigan by 2.78%, a much tighter race than many expected.

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