Kamala Harris’ Campaign Events Are Lagging Far Behind Trump’s

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.

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.

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:

1. Fox News town hall in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on September 4
2. Speech at the New York Economic Club in New York City on September 5
3. New York press conference on September 6
4. Remarks at the National Fraternal Order of Police conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 6
5. Rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, on September 7
6. Presidential debate on September 10
7. Rally in Tucson, Arizona, on September 12
8. Press conference in Los Angeles on September 13
9. Rally in Las Vegas on September 13
10. Town hall in Flint, Michigan, on September 17
11. Rally in Uniondale, New York, on September 18
12. Speech at a Fighting Anti-Semitism in America event in Washington, D.C., on September 19
13. Rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 21
14. Rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, on September 23
15. Event in Savannah, Georgia, on September 24
16. Rally in Mint Hill, North Carolina, on September 25
17. Press conference in New York City on September 26
18. Rally in Walker, Michigan, on September 27
19. Remarks in Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, on September 28
20. Rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on September 29
21. Talk in Valdosta, Georgia, after Hurricane Helene on September 30

Harris’ 15 campaign events were:

1. Rally in Detroit on September 2
2. Rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with President Joe Biden, on September 2
3. Campaign event in North Hampton, New Hampshire, on September 4
4. Presidential debate on September 10
5. Rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, on September 12
6. Rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 12
7. Rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on September 13
8. Talk at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner on September 14
9. Talk at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 2024 Leadership Conference on September 18
10. Event in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 20
11. Event in Atlanta on September 20
12. Address to the Economic Club of Pittsburgh on September 25
13. Rally in Douglas, Arizona, on September 27
14. Rally in Las Vegas on September 29
15. 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.”