raleigh, n.c.<u+2014>republican presidential nominee donald trump has always described his campaign as a zero-sum game. and even as he admitted at the second of five rallies monday that victory wasn't <u+201c>100%,<u+201d> he offered no path forward to the faithful who have waved signs, knocked on doors, made phone calls, raised money and performed endless other tasks on his behalf. <u+201c>if we don<u+2019>t win, i will consider this the single greatest waste of time, energy<u+2026>and money,<u+201d> he said on the afternoon before election day. he added that he will have invested $100 million in his bid, though as of his most recent federal election commission report, he had only put in $66 million. <u+201c>go vote because believe me, if we don<u+2019>t win, all of us, honestly, we<u+2019>ve all wasted our time,<u+201d> he continued. <u+201c>they may say good things about us as a movement. it won<u+2019>t mean a damn thing.<u+201d> as he has many times, mr. trump cast his unorthodox campaign as a once-in-a-lifetime chance for the country. <u+201c>to make every dream you<u+2019>ve ever dreamed for your country and your family to come true, you have one magnificent chance,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>there has never been a movement like this<u+2026>it<u+2019>s not going to happen again.<u+201d> mr. trump recalled how many people doubted him when he started his campaign on june 16, 2015. but then he took out more than a dozen gop rivals, one by one. <u+201c>they said it was the roughest primary,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>i would say this was the roughest election.<u+201d> democratic nominee hillary clinton <u+2019>s homestretch swing monday also took her through north carolina, where polls show a tied race. the state is also hosting one of the most competitive senate races in the country, pitting republican incumbent richard burr against democrat deborah ross. mrs. clinton and mr. trump will cross paths in two other swing states on monday: pennsylvania and michigan. she is focusing on maximizing the turnout of her base voters and vowing to be <u+201c>president for everybody, people who vote for me and people who vote against me.<u+201d> earlier monday in sarasota, florida, in another must-win state for mr. trump, he staked his claim to his (second) home turf. <u+201c>she<u+2019>s got nothing to do with florida,<u+201d> said mr. trump, a new yorker who owns a home in palm beach and runs a golf course in the miami area, of his democratic rival hillary clinton. <u+201c>i<u+2019>m here with the houses and the buildings. she doesn<u+2019>t know florida, that i can tell you.<u+201d> it was only a few minutes after 11 a.m. with four more rallies to go, but nostalgia was setting in. <u+201c>this is the last day of our campaign,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s been some campaign. they say it<u+2019>s the single greatest movement politically speaking in the history of this country.<u+201d> in one meta-moment, mr. trump held up a mask of his own face and remarked, <u+201c>nice set of hair.<u+201d> mr. trump stuck to his usual lines of attack against mrs. clinton, the entire political establishment and the media. the throng of reporters and photographers got their usual dose of heckling, egged on by the gop nominee. <u+201c>hillary clinton is being protected by a totally rigged system,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>and now it<u+2019>s up to the american people to deliver justice at the ballot box tomorrow.<u+201d> <u+201c>drain the swamp!<u+201d> shouted the crowd. if mrs. clinton wins, it may be in part because of an unprecedented gender gap, fueled by revelations that mr. trump boasted of groping women and accusations by several women that he made unwanted sexual advances. mr. trump has denied their accounts and apologized for his remarks on the tape, calling them locker-room banter. mr. trump remained defiant monday. <u+201c>you know who<u+2019>s going to come out? the women are going to come out,<u+201d> he predicted. amid signs of record-setting turnout among hispanics , who widely favor mrs. clinton, mr. trump said, <u+201c>we<u+2019>re going to do great with hispanics.<u+201d> meanwhile, mrs. clinton on monday embarked on a homestretch swing through pennsylvania, michigan and north carolina , focusing on maximizing the turnout of her base voters and vowing to be <u+201c>president for everybody, people who vote for me and people who vote against me.<u+201d> in sarasota, mr. trump returned to the theme that fueled his astonishing rise to the gop nomination. <u+201c>i<u+2019>m not a politician,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>my only special interest is you.<u+201d> he again lamented the absence from the u.s. military the type of leadership displayed by world war ii gen. george patton and attacked pop music stars beyonc<u+00e9> and jay z for their <u+201c>lewd<u+201d> concert at a clinton rally in ohio on friday night. <u+201c>and yes, we will build a great wall,<u+201d> he said, finishing his campaign the way he started it, with vows to crack down on illegal immigration. <u+201c>and yes, mexico will pay.<u+201d> annette gabrick, a 64-year-old retiree, was jumping up and down even before mr. trump took the stage. <u+201c>i have three children and nine grandchildren, and this is their future,<u+201d> she said. <u+201c>the supreme court, our borders, jobs. this is so huge.<u+201d> write to beth reinhard at beth.reinhard@wsj.com
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