\\US election: 14 days left — What polls say, what Harris and Trump are up to\\

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are campaigning through key battleground states as the race remains tight across the country.

With two weeks remaining in the US presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are racing to secure votes in key battleground states.

On Monday, Harris, the Democratic Party’s nominee, made stops in all three “blue wall” states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin which have traditionally voted for the party and were critical to the victories of the last two Democratic presidents.

At the same time, Trump, the Republican nominee, visited Asheville, North Carolina, where he is worried that the significant damage caused by Hurricane Helene could negatively affect the turnout in a race that surveys suggest is becoming closer by the day. Here’s a look at what the polls say, the key highlights from campaigns over the previous day, and a look at what to expect next.

What are the latest updates from the polls?

Trump and Harris are neck-and-neck across the country’s seven battleground states that can swing in favour of either candidate, according to the latest survey of voters published on Monday by The Washington Post.

A poll by The Washington Post and Schar School, surveying more than 5,000 registered voters in the first half of October, showed that 47 percent are likely to support Harris and Trump each. Among likely voters, 49 percent favour Harris compared with 48 percent for Trump.

The poll comes just as Trump’s average has nudged slightly ahead of Harris in the aggregate of surveys calculated by the website FiveThirtyEight, though the margin is so small that it remains a statistical tie.

According to FiveThirtyEight’s daily election poll tracker, as of October 21, Harris was leading in the national polls and had a 1.8 percentage-point lead over Trump.