Trump and Harris make their final rally pitch in battleground states

Kamala Harrisvice President

We've got to get it done. Today is voting day, and people need to get out and be active,

Harris told Atlanta station WVEE-FM

I want to make sure I drop my ballot where it's going to actually land somewhere,

she told AFP

Fix the economy and make it easier for people to have somewhere to stay and have a job,

someone else wrote

To close the border and deport illegal,

one person wrote

Fix our taxes and Close the border with better security,

someone else demanded

Either raise wages or lower rent and other necessities,

one respondent said

Studies show that animals are experts at relieving anxiety, and we're hoping the unconditional love of these puppies will help bring people together and ease any campaign woes."

Renee Resko, VP of development for the Helen Woodward Animal Center, said

If it goes the other way, I think we're gonna be awful suspicious,

he told AFP outside the 12,000-seat Van Andel Arena, where supporters had braved hours of rain, some perched on fold-out chairs

It's kind of mind-boggling that the race is so close because he's a convicted felon,

said Trish Kilby, a 60-year-old Harris supporter

If you look at the numbers of people, you look at the rallies, it's crazy the support that Trump has,

said Mark Perry, 65, who had lined up in Grand Rapids

I'm just a die-hard Trump supporter,

he said, listing the flow of undocumented migrants along the southern US border as his top concern

Every Supreme Court decision or bad Republican policy, or bad Democratic policy, I get the short end of the stick,

she complained

It would be very hard to accept,

said Jacob Smith, 41, an HVAC technician from the area, as his wife Danielle chimed in to echo his concerns

I'm cautiously optimistic, but I'm worried,

said Robin Matthews, a community organiser

He'll ruin everything [...] there's no checks and balances anymore [if he is reelected],

she said

I'm a Black woman in America, so unfortunately, all policies hit me differently,

she said

At the end, I want the migrant to go against the champion, and I think the migrant might actually win, that’s how nasty some of these guys are,

Trump said

I believe he will be a dictator and he will overthrow the Constitution,

said Zimmerman

Trump is going to turn this country into a dictatorship. I firmly believe that he is going to make sure that he appoints people that are only loyal to him,

said Challis

He's going to be like the Hitler,

said Karim