Washington, Oct 31 (AFP/APP):With Tuesday’s US presidential election only days away, Donald Trump, Joe Biden and their top surrogates were barreling through the crucial states of Michigan and Pennsylvania on Saturday, digging deep as they pressed their closing arguments. Underscoring the high stakes — and the disruptive impact of the coronavirus pandemic — a record 90 million early votes have already been cast, as the bruising contest heads toward the biggest turnout in at least a century. For the first time since the start of the campaign, Biden, 77, will be joined on stage in Michigan by his former boss and most popular campaigner, former president Barack Obama. They’ll put on drive-in rallies in the cities of Flint and Detroit. Detroit native Stevie Wonder is expected to be the musical guest of the evening. Trump, 74, won the industrial state by a narrow margin of 0.2 points in 2016 — but this year the former vice president leads by nearly seven points, according to a RealClearPolitics average of polls. That would seem to put him in pole position to take its 16 electoral votes, a sizable leap towards the 270 he needs to win the White House. For the past … Continue reading Trump, Biden barrel through key states on final weekend before vote