Flint, Michigan — Fall has blanketed this state ahead of Tuesday’s election with layers of gold, orange, and scarlet leaves. A persistent chill, rain, and patches of fog that, at times, gives way to sun or a blank gray sky will soon give way to ice and snow as winter sets in across this Great Lake State.

Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee, stepped onto a stage in Detroit at the Local 59 IBEW on one of those gray days last weekend, telling more than 100 supporters to “please, please, please tell everyone you know about what is at stake in this election.”