Triumphantly invested by their respective parties, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump begin the final sprint to the November 5 presidential election in a campaign that was due to return on Friday. Indeed, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of assassinated President JFK, should withdraw from the race and call for a vote for the Republican nominee.
Euphoric convention. The US vice president accepted the inauguration of excited Democratic delegates in Chicago on Thursday, at the end of a euphoric rally that was marked, among other things, by Michelle Obama’s powerful speech, the energy of candidate Tim Walz and a festive musical program. She promised America a “new path” to unity. Donald Trump, who bombarded his Truth Social network with angry messages during the vice president’s speech, criticized her for contributing to America’s “decline.” The duelists will be able to oppose their two visions on September 10 in Pennsylvania (north-east) during their first debate, the next highlight of the campaign.
Kamala Harris, brutally driven into one of the fiercest political battles in American history, has generated enormous fervor in her party, around a candidacy that did not exist a month ago. She is slightly ahead in most opinion polls. But nothing is decided, especially in the seven “swing” states, the most contested states, where large parts of the electorate appear to be committed to the former Republican president. Donald Trump is going to two of them in the western part of the country on Friday: first to Las Vegas, Nevada to promise tax cuts, then to Arizona for a campaign meeting with a “surprise guest”.
Twists and turns. Is that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.? The independent candidate is credited with between 4 and 5% of voting intentions, but the impact of his support on the former Republican president’s campaign remains uncertain, according to polls. Who knows how much more this crazy campaign has in store after the assassination of the former Republican president on July 13 and the shock withdrawal of Democratic President Joe Biden on July 21?
In Chicago, the leading voices of the Democratic Party, especially Obama and Clinton, warned against any triumphalism. “We’ve seen more than one election get away when we thought it was impossible because people were overconfident or distracted by bogus questions,” warned former President Bill Clinton. In Chicago, the most telling metaphor came from Kamala Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a former American football coach. He warned that the Democrats, with minutes left in the game, were a few points behind. “But it’s up to us to attack and we have the ball,” said Coach Walz in front of a rally transformed for a moment into a charged dressing room.
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