Less than a month before the US presidential election, Kamala Harris is still leading the national polls, but victory is far from guaranteed. A victory for the Democrat depends on her score in the swing states.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump face each other in an electoral campaign which promises to be close until the American presidential election scheduled for November 5, 2024. The Democratic candidate, officially invested in August after the withdrawal of Joe Bidenis in a good position in the race for the White House but victory is far from assured. According to the compilation of the latest polls carried out by 270towin, the current vice-president of the United States is ahead of Donald Trump by 2.6 points.
The candidate and the Democratic camp must resist the various attacks from the Republican billionaire, which are more or less well-founded. The former American president combines personal attacks – he has several times described his rival as “crazy” -, political criticism and manipulation of the news to discredit the Democratic vice-president. “This is someone who will steal your fortune and abandon you and your family when the waters rise,” he summed up after the passage of two hurricanes, Helene and Milton, which hit the south -eastern United States, including several “swing states” such as North Carolina and Georgia. The Republican Party candidate responds to each attack and retaliates against Donald Trump by questioning his mental health, after having published a report on his proposed neurological results, or by attacking his economic and social policy. In the game of verbal jousting, Kamala Harris proved formidable and even won the only debate between the two candidates for the White House.
Since entering the US presidential race, Kamala Harris has topped most national polls. A trend still visible in mid-October, less than a month before the election, with between 1 and 3 points ahead of Donald Trump. But the results are significantly closer in the polls carried out in each state, particularly in the seven “swing states” which promise to be decisive for the election. According to the American voting system, each state won guarantees a certain number of votes out of the 538 electors who vote to elect the American president and the “swing states” capable of switching from one camp to another over the course of the elections will play a role. a key role. Leading in the majority of swing states with a lead of 0.5 to 4 points, Kamala Harris tends to decline in the voting intentions of certain states. Here are the ten states to follow: Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, but also to a lesser extent Florida, New Mexico and Minnesota.
Kamala Harris is basing part of her campaign on selected points from her program. The Democratic candidate has made the defense of purchasing power for the middle classes her hobby horse with the right to abortion, always taking care to distinguish herself from the policies of Donald Trump. But several political commentators criticize him for remaining on the surface by citing key measures without tackling the substance of certain subjects.
- Economy : Kamala Harris promises to defend the purchasing power of Americans who are suffering from inflation and tensions in the employment and real estate sectors. She says she wants to “give money back to middle and working class families” when Donald Trump fights “for billionaires and big businesses”. Among its strong measures: a birth tax credit, assistance for first-time housing buyers, assistance for business creation, price controls on basic necessities and medicines. It sets the objective of a reduction in inflation of 3%.
- Immigration : the Democrat plays the balancing act by being firm to attract the moderate right, but not too hard to scare away the left, but she announced a toughening of migration policy involving “consequences” for illegal migrants and investments in barriers physical conditions on the border with Mexico.
- International : Kamala Harris reaffirms US support for Ukraine after Russian invasion. As for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, she reiterates her commitment to the defense of the Jewish state and does not plan to suspend American arms deliveries, but she wants to appear less pro-Israeli than Joe Biden, condemned the violence against the Palestinian civilians and pleads for a “ceasefire”.
- Social policy : Kamala Harris above all placed social issues at the heart of her campaign, starting with the right to abortion in the face of a Republican camp behind the tightening of access to abortion in several states. The defense of minorities is also a central point of the campaign. The Democrat also mentions ecology to distance herself from Donald Trump without specifying precise measures to protect the environment. Following on from Joe Biden, Kamala Harris says she is in favor of the inflation reduction act (IRA), a set of ecological, economic and social measures.
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$1 billion raised by Kamala Harris’ campaign
Monday October 14. This is a record according to New York Times : Kamala Harris has managed to raise 1 billion dollars (or approximately 910 million euros) since she entered the campaign for the presidential election, replacing Joe Biden, at the end of July. An unprecedented level helped by the resounding entry of the vice-president into the campaign and the 500 million dollars raised in the space of just one month, between the end of July and the end of August. It took less than three months for the Democratic camp and Kamala Harris to obtain $1 billion, while it took an entire campaign spanning nearly a year for Joe Biden’s team to raise that much money in 2020 reminds NBC News. Kamala Harris managed to raise more funds than Donald Trump over the entire year 2024 with her 850 million.
The Democratic camp remains discreet about this impressive fundraising “partly out of fear that boasting of the abundance of donations will diminish the interest of donors in the final weeks of the race” we explain in the Kamala Harris’ team. These funds are mainly used to finance Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, including advertising, meetings and other promotions. However, the Democratic campaign teams have decided not to spend everything in this campaign and to donate part of the funds to help the party’s candidates “for the House of Representatives, the Senate, the positions of governor, and even the chambers local”.