Monday is the last day of campaigning in the United States, before Tuesday's Election Day.

And even though tens of millions of Americans have voted early, incumbent President Donald Trump and his poll-favorite Democratic opponent Joe Biden are throwing their last strength into the battle.

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Last day of campaign in the United States.

Democrat Joe Biden, leading in the polls, and incumbent Donald Trump are throwing their last strength, and their last dollars, into the battle for the White House.

Advance voting, serial meetings, "swing states" ... Europe 1 summarizes the challenges of this final stretch.

Towards a record participation

If the very day of the election is Tuesday, many Americans have in fact already voted.

95 million voters have already voted, either by mail or in an early polling station, and this is unheard of.

In some states, there are already more Americans who voted than in 2016. And there is still Election Day!

We are therefore moving towards a historic participation.

It gives an idea of ​​what is at stake in this election, which can be summed up in ONE question: Trump, stop or else?

The first big winner of this record participation is American democracy first.

Then the Democrats got their constituents to vote as early as possible, so it's fair to say it's going to benefit Joe Biden.

But we can see from certain figures that there are also many Republicans who voted in advance.

In Florida, whose strategic importance we know, it's really half and half.

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Biden still a poll favorite

The latest polls show no change: Joe Biden is still in the lead pretty well.

This was certainly the case for Hillary Clinton four years ago - with the result that we know - but there are several notable differences.

First, the pollsters say they have improved their methods.

Then, the gaps between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the key states (the famous "swing states") are greater than in 2016. Finally, it should be noted that these gaps have been very stable from the start.

Today, a dozen points separate Biden and Trump nationally, just like 15 months ago, while in the meantime there has been a coronavirus pandemic, recession, and racial tensions.

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Pennsylvania in the heart of the countryside

In this last day of the campaign, the candidates still mark their differences.

Donald Trump is thus in tornado mode: he will do 5 meetings in 4 different states on Monday, the same pace as the day before.

Joe Biden focuses on his home state of Pennsylvania.

He will spend the whole day there with his wife and running mate Kamala Harris.

And it was already there on Sunday.

"Pennsylvania is crucial. Donald Trump won it 4 years ago by only 44,000 votes, so every vote counts," said the Democratic candidate.

Donald Trump knows it, he chained four meetings on Saturday, and he will stop there again on Tuesday.

Both camps believe whoever wins Pennsylvania wins the election.