SPECIAL: Race for the White House with polls tied days before Election Day Kamala Harris And Donald Trump Many Democrats in Hollywood are very nervous.

“Fascism is here, and his campaign isn’t fighting hard enough, not making any headway,” one clearly concerned PR executive says of the vice president’s battle with the Project 2025-backed former president. “It’s very tight in the battleground states and it needs a sweep to get to 270 (electoral votes).

“This should have been finished weeks ago.”

Tinseltown’s penchant for third-act TKO action movies aside, fear of Trump’s possible return to the Oval Office has become the only talk in C-suites and circles in West Los Angeles right now, those who spoke to Deadline say. Those conversations range from cautious optimism to dismay and outright anger, as Hollywood remains one of the top donors to Democrats.

Responding to Trump’s demands in real time and with targeted ad buys Friday’s violent rhetoric Putting former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney In front of a firing squad, the Harris campaign in particular also features famous speakers and artists at campaign events. Taylor Swift has yet to be revealed, but just last week Beyoncé attended a Harris rally in Texas as anger against Trump surrogates grows Calling Puerto Rico a “floating garbage island” — Bad Rabbit and others issued confirmation. Released for LeBron James VP on Thursday and Jennifer Lopez spoke at the Las Vegas Harris rally over your offensive words. Cardi B. planned He will speak at an event in Milwaukee on Friday.

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For all the stars and wealthy donors backing Harris, a few Hollywood power players believe the only thing that could truly shake up the race right now is for a former Republican commander-in-chief to speak out.

“Where’s George Bush?” demands of the 43rd POTUS from a filmmaker who describes himself as a “compassionate conservative.” Bush saw his Vice President Dick Cheney and Trump insulted Cheney’s daughterHis own daughter, Barbara, is campaigning for Harris. Filmmaker W.

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Even then the old peak Joe Biden Speechwriter and Democratic Rep. Matthew Littman said the real value of high-profile endorsements and appearances at this late date is to increase turnout, encourage people to step off the sidelines and go to the polls, and not necessarily change Trump’s mind. To Harris.

As for how Littman feels about Harris’ chances on Tuesday, “I try not to feel it and just make sure we do what we need to do.” He, like others, brought up his 2016 experience, when many in the industry were buoyed by confidence that the Clinton campaign would win.

For some in the industry, no matter what happens in the final days of this seemingly endless election, it all seems too little and too late.

“I hate to say it, she went over the top very quickly,” the Emmy winner adds, adding that Harris’ nearly flawless entry into the contest 100 days ago was one of many surprises in an unprecedented campaign. “There doesn’t seem to be a landing strategy there – it’s like they’re winging it.” The author also wonders whether Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro would be a better candidate than Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to cut into Trump’s lead among young men.

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“I hope I’m wrong, I really am,” he says in a series of eliminations on the VP election and more. “It feels like 2016. Trump rules over it despite his awfulness and racism. His base loves this sexist, racist stuff and Biden’s garbage incident “It didn’t help.”

On the other hand, even after the Vice President’s seemingly insulting gaffe to MAGA voters on this week’s campaign call, the Vice President was widely praised closing–Debate speech to a crowd of 75,000 people Just outside the White House on October 29, there were even those who wondered whether Biden remaining in the race would see where we are now differently.

“Could Biden have come out ahead at this point?” A longtime corporate executive who has been a big donor to Democrats reflects on the 81-year-old incumbent. Withdrew from the race on July 21 after Disastrous debate performance against Trump a month ago. “I don’t know, I doubt it, but Joe has beaten Trump before. People know him.”

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Chris Stirewalt, Made Arizona Call to Fox News, which took Biden to the top He insists that those shaking hands in 2020 should look into the real forest of this election and not get lost among the trees.

He was fired by the Rupert Murdoch-owned network in 2021 and is now the political editor of NewsNation, Stirewalt He told Deadline’s ElectionLine podcast this week: “Close. Now there are some flavors of 2012 around this. … We had a race that looked close but wasn’t close. We had a steady race, and then Trump won — in fact, Harris lost more than Trump won — and the race flattened out. It just remained flat. “It stayed absolutely flat.”

Stirewalt, who has stunning numbers, continued: “And there’s a theory about the electorate that… there are lower-propensity voters, mostly men, who might be motivated to go out and vote, and Trump will outperform Harris.” and (pollsters) will look back and say, ‘We missed it again in the third election, we missed the last wave of Trump support.’ Or it will be like 2012, when the missing piece was low-propensity voters in the Democratic Party. These were a lot of Black voters and a lot of young voters that you would miss in a lot of polls.

“So this time,” he added, “I feel pretty comfortable saying, ‘Take a hunch, bet a bunch.’

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A hard-core California political operative who surveyed record-setting pre-Election Day turnout in states like Georgia and Arizona said the outcome hinged on one piece of data: “My gut tells me all this early voting is good for Harris.”

Of course, as exciting as the presidential contest is, it’s not the only game in town. Accordingly, the industry’s focus has shifted dramatically from fundraising for the vice president, who has since raised record sums. Fundraiser in Los Angeles on September 29As the party struggles to maintain control of the Senate and has a good chance of taking back the House, many Democratic donors have turned their attention to down-ballot races.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics’ latest Oct. 17 figures, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) raised the most money from entertainment industry sources in his Senate race against GOP challenger Steve Garvey, raising just over $1 million. He is followed by Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), all of whom are fighting to keep their seats. Also at the top of the list is Rep. Ruben Gallegos (D-AZ), the frontrunner in this state’s Senate race.

Among the top beneficiaries of industry money among House candidates are Will Rollins, who wants to unseat GOP Rep. Ken Calvert of the Riverside and Palm Springs district, and former Rep. Mondaire Jones, who wants to unseat Republicans. Representative Mike Lawler of the New York district. Other House candidates of interest to the industry include California state Sen. Dave Min, who is running against Republican Scott Baugh to replace Katie Porter for the Orange County seat.

This weekend industry figures will be on the phone and scouting locations.

Littman and Captain Phillips Screenwriter Billy Ray is hosting a phone bank in Westwood on Sunday. Last weekend, Littman and more than four dozen members of the Task Force traveled to Michigan to knock on doors in Detroit. Among those in attendance were Ron Livingston, Rosemarie DeWitt and Gabrielle Carteris.

“Part of this is the camaraderie that comes with being together, with like-minded people, before the most anxious time in many people’s lives,” Littman said.

He added that with less than 100 hours until Election Day, he and others had adopted one of the following proposals as a final say: West Wing alumnus Bradley Whitford described him as “sickeningly optimistic.”