Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump battled over the strength of the economy in the final stretch of their race for the White House.
With four days left in a contest that has tightened in the last week, each candidate attacked the other as unfit to be president in a late push for votes in battleground states that could decide the outcome in Tuesday's election.
Mrs Clinton leads Mr Trump by five percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released yesterday, maintaining her advantage in the national survey even as the race tightens in several crucial swing states.
In the 30 October to 3 November poll, 44% of likely voters supported Mrs Clinton while 39% supported Mr Trump.
Mrs Clinton wrapped up her day of campaigning with a nighttime concert in Cleveland headlined by rapper Jay Z, who was joined by his wife Beyonce and other rappers including Big Sean and J Cole.
"We have unfinished work to do, more barriers to break, and with your help, a glass ceiling to crack once and for all," Mrs Clinton said at the concert.
At his final rally of the day in Pennsylvania, MrTrump mocked Mrs Clinton for her celebrity supporters. "I am here all by myself. Just me, no guitar, no piano, no nothing," he said.
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Earlier in the day at a rally in Pittsburgh, Mrs Clinton cited the government's latest jobs report as evidence of the economy's strength.
The report showed higher wages for workers as well as the creation of 161,000 jobs in October and a dip in the unemployment rate to 4.9% from 5%.
"I believe our economy is poised to really take off and thrive," she told the gathering, after being introduced by billionaire investor Mark Cuban. "When the middle class thrives, America thrives."
Mr Trump disputed Mrs Clinton's rosy view, telling a crowd in New Hampshire that the jobs report was "an absolute disaster" and was skewed by the large number of people who have stopped looking for jobs and are no longer in the labour market.
"Nobody believes the numbers anyway. The numbers they put out are phony," he said, referring to the figures released by the US Labor Department.
The economy and the candidates' competing visions for the future could be critical in swaying voters in ailing Rust Belt states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Both candidates made stops in Ohio and Pennsylvania yesterday, with Mr Trump adding a stop in New Hampshire and Mrs Clinton adding one in Michigan.
Each of those states is key in the state-by-state quest for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.
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