Kamala Harris and Donald Trump set out Wednesday to ride the momentum from their high-stakes debate into the final sprint to November as they seek to persuade undecided voters and shake up a presidential election locked in a dead heat.
The Democratic vice president and her Republican rival are neck-and-neck in both nationwide and swing state polling, days before first ballots are mailed out and early in-person voting begins in several key states.
Both candidates declared victory in the debate after coming face to face for the first time on the biggest night so far of the campaign although any boost or dent in support is unlikely to show up in polling for several days.
The ABC News-hosted debate in Philadelphia was punctuated by tense exchanges, although Harris focused on policy while Trump's answers were littered with wild falsehoods and were often about his past grievances.
On Wednesday, Trump came out swinging in an early morning interview with Fox News, claiming without providing evidence that the debate was 'rigged' against him.
