As the election draws to a close, Vice President Harris has put abortion access at the center of her closing message, while President Trump is leaning into his own health care pitch: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will deal with the nation's ills.

Democrats see abortion as a potentially decisive factor in the race and have been leaning into the issue since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade more than two years ago.

Trump's health care message is being driven by his political marriage to Kennedy, an environmental lawyer with no medical or public health degrees who is one of the country's leading vaccine skeptics.

Observers say the contrast between the two messages is emblematic of the candidates themselves: the disciplined and on-message Harris versus the freewheeling Trump.

But the messages are also a likely final play to rally the base.

Harris has made reproductive rights a central issue to her campaign, hoping to replicate Democrats’ success from the 2022 midterm elections, when the party performed much better than expected because of voter anger over abortion.

Harris is seeking to maximize turnout among women voters.

During her closing remarks on the Ellipse outside the White House last week, Harris........

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