GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In a race as heated as the one for president, there's no time to take a pause.
On Labor Day, Vice President and Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris traveled to Michigan as part of a campaign blitz across battleground states.
"On Labor Day and every day, we celebrate the dignity of work; the dignity of work," Harris said. "We celebrate unions because unions helped build America, and unions helped build America's middle class."
Harris marked the holiday alongside local workers and union leaders - a key voting block in this key swing state.
"The labor movement has always understood the power of the collective and the power of unity - the Power of unity," Harris said. "And while we are fighting so much nonsense that is about trying to divide our country, trying to pull us apart, look to what the history and the present of labor tells us about the power of the collective and unity. The spirit of that work, as much as the product of that work, is very telling and gives us really good lessons about what creates strength."
In her remarks before heading to Pittsburgh later that same day, Harris made multiple pledges to those gathered.
"We fight for a future where every worker has the freedom to organize," Harris said. "And so when I am President, we will pass the PRO Act and end union busting once and for all."
But in their own press call with auto workers, some Republicans pushed back on the visit amid what they view as detrimental pushes for swift electric vehicle integration.
"We can build any kind of car in Michigan's 10th Congressional District," said Rep. John James (R-Mich.). "We can do anything. We've helped the country win two world wars, and we were called upon in a global pandemic. We are not afraid of the future, but we demand to be a part of it. And this is too much, too fast, and it's going to crater Michigan's economy if we don't put a stop to it."
"What makes America great - part of it is our economy," said Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.). "And the Harris administration is coming after auto workers jobs. There will continue to be more layoffs."
And where does the race stand in Michigan with just over 60 days left to go?
ABC's FiveThirtyEight forecast paints the caricature of a continually close race.
With an algorithm that factors in aspects including recent polling, Michigan moved from the "Lean Democrat" category to "Toss-Up."
While some recent polls, including a poll conducted last week by Emerson College, have shown Harris with a continuing lead in Michigan - reversing previous trends for Democrats with President Joe Biden as their standard bearer - another poll from EPIC-MRA commissioned by a number of Michigan media outlets showed Trump with a one-point lead over Harris in both a head-to-head scenario as well as with third-party candidates factored in.
For context, one percent of the 2020 presidential vote in Michigan was about 55,000 - roughly the size of the city of Kentwood or about 20,000 less than Kalamazoo in a state of millions of voters.
As such, if polls serve as any indication, Michigan's continues to be a nail-biter election with just over 60 days to go to Election Day.