Republican Party leaders met in hurricane-torn North Carolina last week with a mission: figure out how to reach displaced or cut-off potential Donald Trump voters. They thought of flying in absentee ballot registrations via helicopter or having mules or all-terrain vehicles take voters to the polls.

Donald Trump is making gains with Black voters, especially men, while Kamala Harris is gaining with white voters, particularly women. Driving the shifts are issues like the economy and abortion, plus a larger partisan realignment around education.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are courting key constituencies just two weeks before Election Day — and they’re hoping popular public figures will help them make the case