Donald Trump boasts he has 97% chance of winning the election

Former President Donald Trump said he has a 97% chance of winning the US election – despite polls overall showing he remains neck-and-neck with Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump spoke confidently about his likelihood of victory while making a campaign stop in Dearborn, Michigan, on Friday, with four days until Election Day.

‘We have polls that came out just now. We’re doing very well in Michigan, we’re doing very well in Pennsylvania and we’re doing great in Arizona, eight or nine (percentage points) up, something like that,’ said Trump during his visit to a restaurant.

‘And overall we’re going extremely well, somebody said a 97% chance of winning, you saw that? Ninety-seven percent.’

Trump did not disclose the source of the statistic, and continued to say that ‘nobody’s going to vote for Kamala’.

The RealClearPolitics poll average on Friday had Trump leading Harris by just 0.3% – 48.4% to 48.1%.

Meanwhile, the final survey by The Times and YouGov released on Friday showed Harris winning by a narrow margin. It forecast Harris winning the swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Nevada, and Trump getting North Carolina and Georgia, while Arizona was a toss-up.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Metro.

Trump on Friday night repeated the percentage at the start of his rally in Warren in the Great Lakes State. But he was more careful in framing it, to keep a sense of urgency to vote for him.

‘We’re pretty far up. One gentleman, a great pollster, they said we have a 97% chance of winning,’ he told the crowd.

‘I said I don’t believe it, don’t believe it. I think he’s a Democrat because nothing matters except what happens when you (vote).’

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