Trump and Harris rush to appeal to potential voters

In the United States, the presidential election will be held next Tuesday, where Vice President <a href="https://www.world-today-news.com/donald-trump-whats-behind-the-us-presidents-baltimore-attack/" title="Donald Trump: What's behind the US President's Baltimore attack”>Kamala Harris from the Democratic Party and former President Donald Trump, who represents the Party Republicans, competing for the White House.

Polls show Harris slightly ahead of Trump nationwide, but due to the US electoral system, the battle is expected to be decided in seven so-called “swing” states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and North Carolina. In all of them, the ratings of Trump and Harris are very similar, which makes it difficult to predict before the election whether a woman will be the president of the United States for the first time or expect second Trump administration.

Different audiences

Observers say that there are obvious differences before the elections in the selection of men and women in favor of one of the candidates. Polls show that women are more likely to support Harris than men are more likely to support Trump. This difference is particularly evident among young voters. As one of the explanations, the issue of abortion rights is mentioned, which has been particularly relevant in the US recently, after the Supreme Court of the United States in 2022 the decision that has overturned the legalization of abortion across the country for fifty years. After this decision, several conservative states have begun to restrict abortion rights. This is not the only reason, and the political preferences of men and women have been different in the past. Observers say women’s votes could swing the election for Harris this year.

“Women make up the largest share of voters in every swing state and across the country as a whole. Women are more active voters than men,”

Political analyst Ron Braunstein told CNN, adding that the political preferences of young men and women are particularly different. That is why “Trump’s campaign has so much involved those young men who do not regularly participate in elections,” said the expert. While there are many women the swing states support Republicans on economic and immigration issues, they are concerned about Republican efforts to limit abortion rights, which could leave them in favor of Democrats, explained Brownstein.

Millions have already voted

In general, public opinion polls have not changed much recently. The biggest political upheaval hit the United States this summer, when President Joe Biden was forced to drop his bid for another term after a disastrous performance in a debate with Trump, and the Democrats chose the Harris instead. After that, Harris’ rating has increased, but the situation has stabilized in recent weeks.

Opinion polls before the presidential elections in 2016 and 2020 still underestimated Trump, the BBC reminds.

It should be noted that a large number of voters have already made their choice in the previous voting. In total, around fifty million voters have already voted across the country. In 2020, about one hundred million voters, or about two-thirds of the total number of those who voted in the election, voted before election day, including by mail. This can be explained by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, because of which the authorities extended the voting opportunities before the election day. Those who want to vote before the November 5 elections this year have not been in short supply this year either, and long queues have even formed at the polling stations in the state of Pennsylvania. Voters had to wait several hours to vote.

Slanderous statements before the elections

As Election Day approaches, the focus is on last-ditch efforts by both campaigns to woo voters, as well as scandals that could affect the outcome of the election at the last minute. . In recent days, the US territory of Puerto Rico has come to light. At a Trump rally in New York at Madison Square Garden, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe compared Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage.” These comments caused widespread uproar and could have political implications as well. Puerto Ricans are US citizens. Although Puerto Ricans living on the island are not eligible to participate in the US presidential election, those islanders who live in the United States and are registered to vote can vote. . In 2021, it was estimated that just under six million Puerto Ricans live in the United States, with a particularly large community living in the important state of Pennsylvania.

On Tuesday, El Nuevo Dia, the largest newspaper in Puerto Rico, called on Puerto Ricans living in the United States to vote for Harris and criticized Trump for “contemptuous debate and misinformation.”

The Trump campaign has tried to distance itself from the comedian’s comments. “This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or his campaign,” said former presidential adviser Daniele Alvarez. President Biden has also tried to comment on this case, however, his efforts to stand up for US dependent territories and Puerto Ricans have only made the situation worse for the Democrats ‘ she swam [Trampa] The White House tried to salvage the situation, however, saying the president drew attention to the “hostile rhetoric” at the Trump rally, not to the former head’s supporters. -sit, but the damage has already been done, according to CNN.

At a rally in the Latino city of Allentown on Tuesday, Trump echoed what Biden had just said and recalled Clinton’s infamous statement. “She said ‘poor’. It didn’t end well. I think ‘waste’ is worse,” said the former president at the rally. Vice President Harris, on the other hand, held a rally in Washington on Tuesday, where she recalled Trump’s statements about the “enemies within” the United States. “Donald Trump is going to use the armed forces of the United States against American citizens simply because their beliefs are different. Against people he says is the ‘enemy within’ Trump is “unstable” and “obsessed with the desire for revenge”, and he wants to gain “unlimited power”, the Democratic candidate said.