In the lead-up to the US election we will be sending a special Harris v Trump edition of our What in the World newsletter every Tuesday. Below is an excerpt. Sign up to get the whole newsletter delivered to your inbox.

Washington: As the US election approaches with breakneck speed, I’ve been spending a lot of time travelling around the country talking to voters in the battleground states that will ultimately decide whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris wins the White House.

Yesterday I returned home from visiting three such states – Nevada, Arizona and Pennsylvania – and there’s no doubt the feeling on the ground reflects what the polls say: this is an incredibly tight race, and with four weeks left in the campaign, it’s still anyone’s to lose.

Donald Trump, seen here in Butler, Pennsylvania, and his supporters still claim the 2020 election was stolen, despite evidence to the contrary.Credit: AP

Two things in particular struck me on my travels. The first is the extent to which many Americans still genuinely believe the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump, despite evidence to the contrary.

The second is how Trump and his allies are aggressively sowing doubt about this year’s election, laying the groundwork for a swathe of challenges and potential civil unrest should the former president lose to Harris.

“They’re gonna cheat,” Trump warned supporters at a rally at the weekend. “It’s the only way they’re going to win, and we........

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