Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump campaigned on Saturday in the southern state of Virginia, where his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, is leading the polls.

Just three days before the vote, Trump supporters filled the Salem venue, which held 7,000 people.

The former US president asked his audience: “Is your situation better today than four years ago?”

It was an apparent echo of the phrase used by Ronald Reagan in the final weeks of his successful 1980 presidential campaign.

Trump also said it would be the most important election in U.S. history.

Virginia is considered a “blue state,” where Democratic presidential candidates have won since 2008. An average of the latest polls suggests Harris is leading the state with 49.8 percent, while Trump has 44 percent.

During the final leg of the 2016 presidential race, Trump held rallies in Michigan and elsewhere, where his competitor Hillary Clinton was leading in polls. This is believed to have helped him broaden his support and win the election.

Trump appears to want to repeat the success of eight years ago.

Meanwhile, Vice President Harris on Saturday called for support from the battleground states of Georgia and North Carolina.

In North Carolina, Harris held a rally in Charlotte, the state’s largest city. According to his campaign, more than 10,000 people participated.

Harris is committed to listening to experts and people who disagree with her because, unlike Trump, she does not believe that those who disagree with her are enemies. She added: “This is what true leadership looks like.”

Harris also pledged to “always put country above party and self, and to be a president for all Americans.”

Rock star Jon Bon Jovi also took the stage to show his support. He called on voters to vote, saying: “Now we can move forward together, accepting what makes us different. »