With two days to go until Election Day, the candidates making in their final appeaks to voters over the weekend.
After popping up on "Saturday Night Live," Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in battleground Michigan on Sunday. Former President Donald Trump is hitting three swing states on Sunday: Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia.
As of 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, more than 77 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
Of the total number of early votes, 42,654,364 were cast in person and 35,348,858 were returned by mail.
A man waits in line with other community members in East Tampa to enter the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library at a early voting polling precinct to cast their ballots in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 2, 2024.
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Nov 03, 2024, 10:52 AM EST
North Carolina breaks early voting record by 600,000 votes
With more than 4.2 million North Carolinians voting early in-person this year, the Tar Heel State easily beat its previous record for early voting, set in 2020 when 3.6 million people cast their ballots early.
The state's early voting period concluded on Saturday afternoon.
Turnout in the 25 counties covered by the Hurricane Helene federal disaster declaration outpaced the state's average turnout by 2 percent, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
People vote at a public library turned to an early to an early voting polling station in Black Mountain, N.C., Oct. 29, 2024.
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In total, 4,465,548 people -- nearly 57 percent of the state's registered voters -- have voted between absentee and early in-person methods.
-ABC News’ Peter Charalambous
Nov 03, 2024, 10:32 AM EST
Dem super PAC-funded canvassing effort hit more than 36 million doors
Future Forward, one of the top Democratic super PACs in the country, is known for using its beefy wallet to help candidates blanket the airwaves. But this year, it also dumped tens of millions of dollars into a canvassing effort, expanding the work it's typically known for.
Since the summer, Future Forward has invested $40 million in America Votes for voter registration and comprehensive voter contact programs. The funding has helped America Votes knock on over 36 million doors so far in seven swing states.
Emory University students Nica Leung (C), 20, and Frances Chiu (L), 21, and Georgia State University student Joshua Johnston, 22, canvass for Democrats in Suwanee, Ga., Oct. 26, 2024.
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The group, which revealed the funding first to ABC News, said it is the largest field program ever funded by a super PAC.
"Winning a race this close requires a full-court press and person-to-person conversations are one of the most effective ways to break through the noise. In the field is where the America Votes coalition excels, and Future Forward has stepped up in levels not seen from past presidential organizations with significant funding to fuel our largest ever voter engagement and mobilization campaign," America Votes President Greg Speed said.
The effort compounds Democrats' canvassing advantage fueled by what the party casts as a superior ground game by Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign compared to former President Donald Trump's, which has been largely farmed out supportive super PACs, including one led by billionaire Elon Musk.
Nov 03, 2024, 9:59 PM EST
Harris and Rudolph are ‘Not the Same Person’
In a behind the scenes video posted on social media, Harris and actress Maya Rudolph poked fun at their resemblance during the vice president's “Saturday Night Live” appearance.
Standing side by side, the two sang the lyrics to an old parody music video titled "We Are Not the Same Person" from “Vine” stars Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden.
Maya Rudolph and Democratic Presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris appear on NBC's Saturday Night Live in New York City, Nov. 2, 2024.
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Boarding Air Force Two to travel to Detroit after midnight on Sunday, Harris said “it was fun” of her appearance and gave the press pool a thumbs-up.”
-ABC News’ Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie
Nov 03, 2024, 9:43 AM EST
Trump playing defense in Iowa
In the last days of his campaign, Trump is going on defense in Iowa after a Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll showed Harris holding a 3% lead.
“No President has done more for FARMERS, and the Great State of Iowa, than Donald J. Trump. In fact, it’s not even close!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Similar to his campaign pollster, Trump is switching attention to another poll calling the Register’s poll an outlier.
“All polls, except for one heavily skewed toward the Democrats by a Trump hater who called it totally wrong the last time, have me up, BY A LOT,” he wrote.
-ABC News’ Lalee Ibssa, Soorin Kim and Kelsey Walsh
