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Trump is holding more campaign events than Harris

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Democrats are reportedly concerned that Vice President Kamala Harris isn't holding enough campaign events compared with former President Donald Trump .

But how valid is this criticism? Trump has held a handful more events than Harris , but it probably doesn't matter.

Even if one party were holding way fewer events than the other, it probably wouldn't cost them the election.

Footnotes

VoteHub defines a public event as an in-person appearance by a candidate that is open to the public or to supporters by invite, such as a speech, rally, town hall or visit to a local business. They do not include closed-door fundraisers, interviews, press conferences or virtual events. In addition, 538 has excluded debates from the numbers in this article because they are geared toward national audiences, not local ones.

Although two of those events — in Georgia on Aug. 28 and 29 — were joint appearances with Harris ..