Harris and Trump push for every vote with just 14 days to go

TDT | Manama                                                      

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One of the tightest US election races of modern times enters its final, two-week stretch Tuesday, with Republican Donald Trump making a pitch to Latino voters as Democratic rival Kamala Harris sits down for a national TV interview.

Both campaigns are pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into a last push for undecided voters who could tilt the balance in their favor, with polls showing the candidates in a dead heat ahead of Election Day.

About 18 million Americans have already voted by mail or in person -- representing more than 10 percent of the total in 2020 -- and turnout could well be the deciding factor in who wins the White House.

Whatever the result, Americans will make history on November 5: they will either elect the first woman president in the world's leading superpower -- or they will put the first convicted felon into the White House.

Some polls appear to be giving Trump, who at 78 is the oldest nominee from a major party in US history, a slight edge recently -- but all within the margin of error.

The former president still refuses to accept his 2020 election defeat to outgoing President Joe Biden and is expected to reject the result if he loses -- potentially pitching the United States into chaos.

Harris -- the vice president who only threw herself into the race in July, when Biden made the stunning decision to drop out -- will give a interview to NBC on Tuesday.

The 60-year-old, who celebrated her birthday over the weekend, will also deploy two of her party’s most popular emissaries onto the campaign trail: Barack and Michelle Obama.