MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donald Trump closed his campaign Monday with an appeal to frustrated, fearful voters, promising to overcome a corrupt political system and stop jobs from leaving the country.

"Tomorrow the American working class will strike back," the New York businessman told thousands of people in a Manchester arena. "Do you want America to be ruled by the corrupt political class, or do you want America to be ruled again by the people?"

Trump spoke at the site of his first win in the GOP primaries, a Granite State sweep that turned what many thought was a publicity stunt or lark into a stunning romp to the Republican nomination.

"It all began for me in New Hampshire, the first state we won," he said. "We said we wanted to finish it off in New Hampshire because of the good relationship I have."

Now, after 17 months on the trail, his campaign has evolved from a Republican Party scrum to a movement to reorder the political system, he argued.

"My only special interest is you," he said. "When we win tomorrow, we are going to drain the swamp."

Joined by his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his children, Trump continued familiar themes. He attacked the media as dishonest and on the take for Hillary Clinton.

"I will be a champion for all Americans against this corrupt and unfair system," he said. "We will be a rich nation again."

He repeated his pledge to build a robust wall along the nation's southern border and keep Islamic terrorists out of the county.

"I promised you, New Hampshire, we are going to stop the drugs from flowing in," he said.

Trump appears to be trailing in most of the key swing states, after a brutal month of news for the brash businessman. It started when a 2005 Access Hollywood video surfaced in which he described assaulting and objectifying women.

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He has a much more limited path to victory, given the states that are all but certain to go for Clinton. But the race has tightened throughout the country, even in states Clinton supposedly had in the bag. Trump and Clinton had dueling rallies in Grand Rapids, Mich., where the Republican candidate is surging to the finish.

"Michigan is in play," Trump said with glee.

Pence said that Trump, for a while, was fighting alone, until the American people showed up.

"We've got a basket of people who are saying enough is enough," he said. "We're going to make America great again."

He said Americans have had enough of the "fast and loose ethics" of Hillary and Bill Clinton.

"Donald Trump literally embodies the spirit of America," Pence said. "He's willing to fight everyday for what he believes in and what will make America great again."

Pence also reassured New Hampshire about Trump's foreign policy chops.

"Donald Trump will lead on the world stage with American strength," he said.

During his speech, Trump said New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady voted for him and he read a letter of support he said was from Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

At one point, he strayed from the meat of his speech, calling Clinton surrogate Elizabeth Warren, the senator from Massachusetts, a "terrible person."

"You can have Pocahontas," he said, a jab at Warren's claim of American Indian heritage. "I'll take Tom Brady and Bill Belichick."

When Trump rebounded after a loss in the Iowa caucuses to win New Hampshire, most analysts predicted the state would be won by Clinton. The toughest race was supposed to be Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte's re-election bid against Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan.

But now Trump is locked into a Granite State fight with Clinton in what's suddenly an important battleground. Clinton has a comfortable lead in New Hampshire until a week ago, when Trump closed the gap.

The last time a Republican won here was 2000, when George W. Bush, with the help of consumer advocate Ralph Nader, beat Al Gore.

"Up until the FBI announcement that they had reopened the investigation into her emails, Hillary Clinton was comfortably ahead," said Linda Fowler, a political scientist at Dartmouth University. "That tightened the race."

While Clinton still has the edge, Trump's surrogates have been hard at work.

Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu, who was chief of staff under former president George H.W. Bush, said Trump would bring the radical change needed for the country.

"We do have to clean the system out," he said. "We do need a change at the national level. We need a change in New Hampshire."

Sununu called on New Hampshire's independents and Republicans to join the movement.

"They've got to come home tomorrow," he said. "They've got to be part of this change."