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Democrat Kamala Harris gave her closing speech for the US presidency at a historically black church in the swing state of Michigan, while her Republican rival Donald Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania.

Opinion polls show the two are locked in a tight race, with Vice President Harris, 60, boosted by strong support among female voters, while former President Trump, 78, gains ground among Hispanic voters, especially men.

Voters generally view both candidates unfavorably, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, but that hasn’t deterred them from voting so far. More than 76 million Americans have done so ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, according to the University of Florida Election Lab; That’s close to half of the 160 million total votes cast in 2020, when U.S. voter turnout was the highest in more than a century.

Control of the US Congress will also be seized on Tuesday; While Republicans are favored to take the majority in the Senate, Democrats appear to have an equal chance of overturning Republicans’ narrow majority in the House. Presidents whose parties cannot control both houses of parliament have struggled to pass significant new legislation over the past decade.

“In just two days, we have the power to determine the destiny of our nation for future generations,” Harris told parishioners at the Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Detroit.

“We must act. Just praying is not enough; Just talking is not enough. “We must act according to the plans He has for us and realize them through our work, our daily choices, our service to our communities, and our democracy.”

Trump frequently left the teleprompter with offhand remarks at the first of his three rallies on Sunday, in which he decried polls showing Harris’ move. He called Democrats an “evil party,” joked about the media reporting his shooting, mocked Democratic President Joe Biden and complained about the price of apples.

“All you need to know is this: Kamala broke it, and we’re going to fix it,” Trump said, his voice high.

In his speech, in which he repeatedly criticized the US election process, he added: “It’s such a shame and I’m the only one talking about it because everyone is afraid to talk about it.”

Trump will then speak in Kinston, North Carolina, and then end his day with an evening rally in Macon, Georgia. Of the seven US states seen as competitive, Georgia and North Carolina were the second biggest prize winners on Tuesday; each received 16 of the 270 votes a candidate must win in the Electoral College by state. presidential. There are 19 electors in Pennsylvania.

Nonpartisan U.S. election analysts estimate that Harris would need to win about 45 electoral votes in seven swing states to win the White House, while Trump would need to win about 51 electoral votes, accounting for states he is projected to win easily.

After her appearance in Detroit, Harris will head to East Lansing, a college town in an industrial state where Democrats must win. She faces skepticism from some of the state’s 200,000 Arab Americans who are disappointed that Harris has not done more to end the war in Gaza and reduce aid to Israel. Trump vowed to end the wars in the Middle East on Friday by visiting Dearborn, the heart of the Arab American community.

Harris, who has met behind closed doors with elected Arab American and Muslim leaders, will focus her energy on black neighborhoods on Sunday.

Samah Noureddine, 44, a Lebanese American from the town of Grosse Ile near Detroit, said she voted for Biden in 2020 but will vote for Jill Stein of the Green Party this year.

“I’m sad because Harris is financing genocide, and if we catch Trump, we will suffer too,” he said.