A week until the US election: Here’s what you should know

Trump and Harris are fighting the most volatile and unpredictable White House contest in living memory, so what could happen next?

Oliver Roeder, Eva Xiao and Radhika Rukmangadhan

Oct 30, 2024 – 8.29am

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After $US2.8 billion ($4.3 billion) spent on campaigning, two assassination attempts, the withdrawal of a president from his re-election bid, two highly consequential debates and endorsements ranging from Taylor Swift to Hulk Hogan, Americans are still evenly split over who their next leader should be.

With just one week left in the most tumultuous White House race in modern political history, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump appear deadlocked – evidence either of a fundamental fracture in US politics or a colossal miss by pollsters that will only be known after voting ends on November 5.

Financial Times