Eleven days before voters go to the polls, Vice President Kamala Harris appealed to America’s middle class at a rally in Georgia that drew about 20,000 people.

Harris wasn’t the only one the crowd came to see: iconic musician Bruce Springsteen, former President Barack Obama, film director Spike Lee and actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry were there to support her.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump held rallies in Arizona and Nevada. In Arizona, he said he watched Kamala Harris’ town hall on CNN this week and described her performance as “pathetic” — just the latest in a series of personal comments the candidates have exchanged in recent days.

More than 30 million voters had already cast ballots as of Thursday evening, according to tracking data from the University of Florida’s Election Lab. While this has broken early voting records in some states, the numbers so far are well below those of 2020, when — amid the COVID-19 pandemic — more than 100 million voters cast ballots before Election Day.

What are the latest updates from the polls?

A new poll released Thursday by the Financial Times (FT) found that Trump has slightly surpassed Harris as the candidate Americans trust most on the economy.

The poll, conducted by the FT and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, found that 44 percent of respondents trust Trump to manage the economy, compared with 43 percent for Harris.

The results suggest Harris’ economic message has stalled in the final stages of her increasingly close race against Trump.

Meanwhile, according to a separate analysis from FiveThirtyEight’s daily election pollster, Harris is slightly ahead in national polls as of Wednesday, with a 1.7 percentage point lead over Trump. However, the long-term trend shows the race getting closer, with the gap narrowing from 1.8 points earlier this week.

While national surveys provide valuable insights into voter sentiment, the ultimate winner will be determined by the Electoral College, which reflects outcomes in individual states.

The seven key swing states that could determine the election are Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada. Together, these states account for 93 votes in the Electoral College.

According to FiveThirtyEight’s daily poll, Harris’ support in Michigan has grown marginally, from less than half a percentage point to 0.7 percent. The vice president has a marginal lead in Wisconsin. Meanwhile, Trump has a slight lead over Harris in Pennsylvania and slightly larger leads in North Carolina, Arizona and Georgia. In Nevada, Trump and Harris are in a dead heat.

However, each state’s results fall within the polls’ margin of error, indicating that the race remains extremely close and that these swing states could still shift in favor of either candidate.

What was Kamala Harris doing on Thursday?

Harris campaigned with Obama at an event that also included appearances by Springsteen and filmmaker Perry.

The vice president was the last speaker and she opened her speech praising Obama.

“Thank you, Mr. President,” she said. Harris expressed confidence in victory, adding: “As a certain former president would say, ‘Yes, we can do that.’”

Harris highlighted her proposals on health care and the economy, emphasizing the need to reduce costs and outlining her plans for small businesses, while labeling abortion bans as “immoral.”

Bruce Springsteen said after a performance of his ballad The Promised Land: “I’m here today to support Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

“Trump wants to become an American tyrant,” he added before performing Land of Hope and Dreams and Dancing in the Dark.

Thank you, @Springsteen. Our democracy is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it, and I am grateful that you are with us in this fight. pic.twitter.com/tqB3nH0mBy

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 24, 2024

Perry walked in to the tune of Aretha Franklin’s Respect and talked about how he had lived in Georgia for thirty years.

“Here I found the American Dream for myself,” he said. “I know what it’s like to be homeless here in Georgia,” he continued. “And I also know – hear me – how expensive it is to be poor.” He called on people to vote for Harris before he introduced Obama.

“Today I voted for Kamala Harris,” said Tyler Perry. “And Georgia, it was about 11,400 votes that separated Trump and Biden (in 2020). So every vote counts.

“I beg you, I beg you: let’s go out and make Kamala Harris the 47th president,” he added before introducing Obama.

.@tylerperry: From Central Park Five to Project 2025, I realized that in Donald Trump’s America, there is no dream that looks like me. We want a president who believes the American dream applies to everyone. And that president is Kamala Harris pic.twitter.com/PT0LVaTQkB

— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 24, 2024

As Obama began his speech, he mocked Trump, saying he looked like an elderly relative in need of intervention.

“Hey, have you noticed Grandpa’s been acting kinda weird out there?” said Obama. He also said he understood why people were trying to find someone to “shake things up.”

“What I don’t understand is why anyone would think that Donald Trump is going to shake things up in a way that is good for you, because there is absolutely no evidence that this man is thinking about anyone but himself,” he added to.

What was Donald Trump up to on Thursday?

On Thursday, Trump met in Las Vegas, Nevada and Tempe, Arizona.

At his rally in Arizona, he vowed to launch the largest deportation operation in history. He condemned violent gangs and said: “We need to get these animals out of here quickly.”

In Las Vegas, he arrived at a large meeting organized by the conservative organization Turning Point Action.

During his speech, he mocked Harris and tried to reach out to minority communities. “Under the Trump administration, we will build an economy that lifts up all Americans, including African Americans, Hispanic Americans, as well as members of our great Asian American and Pacific Islander community, many of whom are here today.”

Al Jazeera’s John Holman, reporting on the Las Vegas meeting, said people he spoke to expressed concerns about “the cost of living, the lack of jobs and inflation.”

“People say they want Donald Trump to fix the economy, bring down inflation and prices. That’s one group of people,” Holman said. The other group was talking about the border, he said.

“We listened to a rally Trump held earlier in Arizona, itself a border state, where he really focused on the issue of immigration,” Holman said.

“He said the US has become a dumping ground where people from other countries come. He talked about an invasion, about ‘migrant gangs’ coming through, an army of them, he said, into the US,” he added.

In the latter part of the race, Trump has stepped up his already inflammatory rhetoric, accusing Harris of committing “an evil betrayal of America.”

What’s next for the Harris and Trump campaigns?

Harris goes to Texas

Harris will hold a rally in Houston, Texas, on Friday afternoon.

The Democratic Party website says country legend Willie Nelson will be at the rally.

Several news sources have reported that Beyoncé will also appear at that event, although it is unclear whether she will perform.

Beyonce’s long-awaited endorsement follows those of other superstars who have supported Harris, including Taylor Swift, Eminem and Springsteen. Beyonce’s song Freedom has become an unofficial anthem for the Harris campaign, often played as the vice president arrives at rallies.

Harris speaks in Houston to highlight extreme abortion restrictions in Texas.

Trump was scheduled to appear on Joe Rogan’s podcast

Trump will appear in an interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan on Friday about “The Joe Rogan Experience.”

The interview will take place at Rogan’s studio in Austin, Texas. The presenter has a devoted following of millions of listeners. He has more than 14 million followers on Spotify, more than 19 million followers on Instagram and 17 million followers on YouTube.

A YouGov poll conducted last year found that 81 percent of his listeners are male, with 56 percent under the age of 35 — a demographic that favors Trump over Harris.

It is still unclear when the interview will be available to the public.

Rogan has previously criticized Trump, labeling him an “existential threat to democracy” in July 2022. However, he has recently expressed his admiration for Trump, stating last month that the economy boomed during Trump’s presidency. Trump is also expected to hold a rally in Michigan, a key swing state where Harris trails only marginally. Trump had won Michigan in 2016 but lost it in 2020.