Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have campaigned heavily ahead of the crucial Super Tuesday contests, which could see the two frontrunner candidates take unassailable leads over their White House rivals.
The presidential hopefuls appealed to voters in a dozen states ahead of Super Tuesday, which will see nearly 600 Republican delegates up for grabs and some 859 Democratic delegates at stake.
Democrat Mrs Clinton, who defeated Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina primary on the weekend, travelled to several states on Monday to urge a strong turnout among voters.
"I need your help to go and vote tomorrow, to bring people to vote with you," she implored a crowd in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Mrs Clinton also attacked the Republican campaign rhetoric.
"I really regret the language being used by Republicans. Scapegoating people, finger-pointing, blaming," she said in Fairfax, Virginia.
"That is not how we should behave toward one another. We're going to demonstrate starting tomorrow on Super Tuesday. There's a different path that Americans ought to take."
On the eve of Super Tuesday, Mr Trump received the backing of some big names in NASCAR during a rally in Valdosta, Georgia.
He appeared alongside NASCAR chief executive Brian France and several current and former drivers.
The drivers included two-time Daytona 500 champion Bill Elliott and his son, Chase Elliott, whom Mr Trump described as "the hottest young driver in the world".
NASCAR disavowed Mr Trump last summer after he kicked off his campaign with a speech in which he referred to immigrants from Mexico as rapists and drug dealers.
The sport pulled its events from Mr Trump's Doral hotel and resort in Miami at the time.
Republicans will vote in 11 states on Tuesday. It takes 1,237 delegates to win the nomination at the July convention.
Democrats will be voting in 11 states and American Samoa, with 859 delegates at stake.
Mr Trump has been targeted by increasingly personal attacks from his Republican rivals in recent days.
The mainstream favourite Marco Rubio has been stressing that Mr Trump would have serious weaknesses as a presidential candidate.
The Florida senator warned supporters in Tennessee that US media and critics will jump on Mr Trump "like the hounds of hell" if he wins the nomination.
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