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Former President Donald Trump held more campaign events than Vice President Kamala Harris in September and the first week of October, Newsweek analysis shows.
The candidates are in the home stretch, filling their schedules with campaign events before Americans go to the ballot box. Election Day is November 5.
Including the September 10 presidential debate, Trump held 21 events last month, including an address in Valdosta, Georgia, on September 30 after Hurricane Helene.
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Harris held 15 events, including the debate, a talk at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner on September 14 and a speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 2024 Leadership Conference on September 18.
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"Trump loves to do rallies and likes the chance just to feed off the energy of those who are attending," John Geer, professor of political science and dean of the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, told Newsweek.
"Harris clearly is good at them as well and has drawn big crowds. But she is also pursuing more traditional types of campaigning that holds less appeal to Trump. He is not good at formal remarks. And so he avoids that, which is sensible.
"Campaigns are multi-pronged undertakings and both campaigns are engaged in a flurry of activities. They are not identical in approach and no one should expect that. A successful campaign requires leveraging what the candidate is best at and most interest in doing."
Newsweek counted rallies, town halls, speeches, press conferences and events in which candidates made remarks. It did not count media interviews, their attendance at 9/11 memorial events or visits in which they did not speak.
Trump's 21 campaign events were:
- Fox News town hall in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on September 4
- Speech at the New York Economic Club in New York City on September 5
- New York press conference on September 6
- Remarks at the National Fraternal Order of Police conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 6
- Rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, on September 7
- Presidential debate on September 10
- Rally in Tucson, Arizona, on September 12
- Press conference in Los Angeles on September 13
- Rally in Las Vegas on September 13
- Town hall in Flint, Michigan, on September 17
- Rally in Uniondale, New York, on September 18
- Speech at a Fighting Anti-Semitism in America event in Washington, D.C., on September 19
- Rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 21
- Rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, on September 23
- Event in Savannah, Georgia, on September 24
- Rally in Mint Hill, North Carolina, on September 25
- Press conference in New York City on September 26
- Rally in Walker, Michigan, on September 27
- Remarks in Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, on September 28
- Rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on September 29
- Talk in Valdosta, Georgia, after Hurricane Helene on September 30
Harris' 15 campaign events were:
- Rally in Detroit on September 2
- Rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with President Joe Biden, on September 2
- Campaign event in North Hampton, New Hampshire, on September 4
- Presidential debate on September 10
- Rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, on September 12
- Rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 12
- Rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on September 13
- Talk at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner on September 14
- Talk at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 2024 Leadership Conference on September 18
- Event in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 20
- Event in Atlanta on September 20
- Address to the Economic Club of Pittsburgh on September 25
- Rally in Douglas, Arizona, on September 27
- Rally in Las Vegas on September 29
- Campaign fundraiser in Los Angeles on September 29
In the first seven days of October, Trump held six campaign events while Harris had three, not counting a memorial for the anniversary of Hamas' deadly attack on Israel on October 7 as the vice president.
Newsweek has contacted teams for Harris and Trump via email for comment.
Last month, Trump told a crowd in Savannah, Georgia: "I go to a lot of places, we're definitely outworking the opposition. She'll go to one place in three days. I say, 'Why can't I do that?'"
A Harris campaign spokesperson told ABC News, which did its own analysis of the two candidates' schedules, that Trump is "cocooned in a conservative media bubble" and "limiting his time in battleground states" while Harris is "taking tough questions and meeting voters where they are."
Update 10/16/24, 12:10 p.m. ET: This article was updated with comment from John Geer.
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