Election polls live updates: Betting market predicts which battleground state will be the closest

According to prediction marketplace Polymarket nan closest authorities successful nan predetermination is apt to beryllium Wisconsin.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are locked successful a fiercely adjacent title and 7 plaything states are astir tied successful nan polls.

According to nan betting 18 percent deliberation Wisconsin will extremity up being nan closest authorities race.

Joint 2nd favorites are Pennsylvania and Nevada pinch a 14 percent likelihood of being nan closest.

Elon Musk showed up to Donald Trump's blockbuster Manhattan rally pinch his 4-year-old son, who was wearing a customized reddish MAGA chapeau that read: 'Make Voting Great Again.'

His son, whose afloat sanction is X Æ A-Xii, was besides seen holding up a Trump Vance motion pinch his father's sanction connected it during nan five-hour arena astatine Madison Square Garden.

The youngster, who was pictured beside erstwhile First Lady Melania Trump successful 1 photo, was calved connected May 4, 2020 and is 1 of nan Tesla CEO's 3 children pinch vocalist Grimes.

Recently, Musk has go 1 of Trump's astir salient surrogates and fundraisers, speaking effusively of nan GOP nominee astatine aggregate rallies and donating $75 cardinal to his ain pro-Trump ace PAC.

On Sunday, he hyped up nan crowd of astir 20,000 by telling them he could trim astatine slightest $2 trillion of wasteful spending from nan national fund if Trump were to triumph nan presidency.

Renowned pollster Frank Luntz revealed nan nonstop infinitesimal Kamala Harris mislaid herself nan election.

During a CNN question and reply Wednesday, Luntz, besides known arsenic 'The Nostradamus of pollsters,' said nan Democratic nominee was doing good successful nan polls until she 'froze' aft focusing her attraction connected Donald Trump.

'She had nan champion 60 days of immoderate statesmanlike campaigner successful modern history,' Luntz said.

'And past nan infinitesimal she turned anti-Trump and focused connected him and said 'don't ballot for me, ballot against him.' That's erstwhile everything froze.'

Luntz added that Trump is 'defined' arsenic he is 'not gaining' and 'not losing' successful nan election, while his force is 'less good defined.'

Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tore into Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden arsenic a ‘mini January 6.’

The congresswoman whose New York City territory includes nan eastbound portion of The Bronx and conception of north-central Queens is simply a predominant professional of nan erstwhile president and wasn’t happy to spot him backmost successful The Big Apple.

"This was a dislike rally,” AOC declared during an question and reply connected MSNBC’s Morning Show nan greeting aft Trump wholly filled Madison Square Garden pinch MAGA fanatics.

She continued:

Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

So acold much than a 4th of registered voters person formed their ballots successful nan 2024 statesmanlike election.

According to search by NBC News, 43.3 cardinal Americans participated successful early aliases mail-in voting truthful far.

It breaks down to 42 percent Democrats and 40 percent Republicans. The remaining 18 percent are either not registered pinch a party, independent voters aliases nary information is disposable for their statement affiliation.

Early voting has started successful galore states pinch millions coming retired to ballot successful personification aliases driblet disconnected aliases mail-in their at-home ballots.

There are 161.2 cardinal registered voters successful nan U.S.

Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin responded to a chaotic joke astir Puerto Rico astatine Donald Trump's MSG rally by endorsing Kamala Harris.

The popular stars were conscionable immoderate of nan celebrities to propulsion their support down Harris aft comedian Tony Hinchcliffe compared nan Caribbean Island to 'garbage' during Trump's rally connected Sunday.

While poking nosy astatine personage Democrats, Hinchcliffe's offbeat remark astir Puerto Rico moreover stunned nan MAGA religious successful nan world's astir celebrated arena.

'There's virtually a floating land of garbage successful nan mediate of nan water correct now. I deliberation it's called Puerto Rico,' he said.

The joke received a tepid consequence from nan crowd, and widespread condemnation from Democrats, Republicans and moreover Trump's ain campaign. A bid of Puerto Rican stars responded by endorsing Harris and sharing her plans for nan American territory.

Tony Hinchcliffe has accused Democrats of having 'no consciousness of humor' aft facing a activity of disapproval complete his group during Donald Trump's rally successful which he labelled Puerto Rico arsenic a 'floating land of garbage'.

Hinchcliffe, 40, took to nan podium astatine Madison Square Garden connected Sunday to present a bid of jokes which included lewd and racist comments astir Latinos, Jews and Black people.

The jokes were emblematic for Hinchcliffe - a podcaster and writer known for his edgy, often acheronian joke and crisp roasts - but did not spell down well, pinch moreover nan salient Republicans branding his remarks arsenic 'completely classless', 'racist', and 'rhetoric that does not bespeak GOP values'.

The comedian, however, is opinionated by his set, alleging that Democrats, including Vice Presidential hopeful Tim Walz and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, person 'taken [the joke] retired of discourse to make it look racist'.

'These group person nary consciousness of humor,' he tweeted. 'I emotion Puerto Rico and picnic there. I made nosy of everyone…watch nan full set.' He past took nonstop purpose astatine Walz, suggesting he was wasting his clip by analyzing nan group and can't grip a joke.

The usually pugnacious Trump run besides took nan uncommon measurement of distancing itself from Hinchcliffe, pinch a elder advisor stating 'this joke does not bespeak nan views of President Trump aliases nan campaign'.

Donald Trump graced nan shape pinch woman Melania arsenic 20,000 fans packed Madison Square Garden for a marathon five-hour MAGA rally connected Sunday.

The erstwhile president made a bold prediction that he would go nan first Republican successful 40 years to triumph New York while informing that a 'gamble' connected Kamala Harris would costs 'millions of lives' during nan arena successful nan bosom of Manhattan.

Trump, 78, was introduced to adoring fans by erstwhile first woman Melania, who made her first astonishment quality connected nan run trail. Trump rocked nan 'World's Most Famous Arena' pinch his often-repeated attacks connected Harris' separator policies and rising crime.

The line-up of speakers included Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who sparked contention by joking that Puerto Rico is simply a 'floating land of garbage'.

Trump's puerility buddy David Rem delivered a fiery reside while waving a crucifix and calling nan vice president nan 'antichrist.'