American elections: in the Lot, the anguish of these Americans who fear a Trump victory

Fortunately, the Los Angeles baseball team, the Dodgers, has just won the American championship. Bill Burroughs celebrated in front of his TV, dressed all in blue with a hat bearing the image of his favorite club, last Wednesday. Fortunately because this Wednesday, this 73-year-old American is not really preparing to party again in front of the results of the American elections. “Whatever the result, I am very worried. Because in both cases, I fear violent movements, even during the counting. Let us not forget that Trump incited his supporters to revolt against the latest result of the vote. election of 2020 and that he has not stopped doing it since then. He has not hesitated to attack the Capitol”, despairs the one who has lived in Cambayrac in the Lot for more than fifty years. He doesn't vote from France, much too complicated.

“It would be a poor understanding of the United States to think that this man has little support because he has so much. We should not underestimate the fanaticism of his supporters or the activists who manage to make abortion illegal “, adds the American. In the United States, his brothers and sisters, who live in Minnesota, Florida and Utah, are much more divided on the subject.

Also read:
US presidential election 2024: on the controversial site Polymarket, a Frenchman bets $28 million on a Trump victory in the election

The only consensus: abortion

“Our differences of opinion are sometimes very difficult to understand. I spoke a lot with my older sister who has three daughters, I have two. I reminded her that one day, Trump, also accused of sexual harassment , told a journalist that he could grabbing women by the pussy. I asked my sister how she could vote for a character who has such values. She always answers me the same thing, that what matters to her are the economic values ​​and those of the homeland”, says the expatriate. For him, no doubt, Trump is nothing other than “the great replacement with American sauce”.

Also read:
American presidential election 2024: Trump is “a liar, a narcissistic pervert…” as the elections approach, the concern of this Floridian

In Quercy, Jean-François is not reassured either. This retiree of American origin still has part of his family in the United States, notably his aunt. “What worries me the most is on the international level. I think about the situation in the Middle East and I fear an escalation if Trump is elected,” he explains. Lately, the American Presidential election has become a topic to avoid during family meals. Because, like Bill Burroughs's siblings, with Jean-François, no one agrees. “Some will vote for Trump, but without conviction. They want to vote for the Republicans, even if they don't like the man. Others will vote for Kamala Harris but without believing in it either. They consider that his record as as prosecutor of California before she became Democratic vice-president of the United States, is very bad,” continues Lotois.

Also read:
American presidential election: Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Elon Musk, Hulk Hogan… Does the star war have a real effect on the election?

Only one point connects those close to him: abortion. “It’s one of the rare subjects where there is consensus. In my family, everyone agrees that we must preserve this right.” As in France in the run-up to the presidential elections, immigration monopolizes the debate. “It’s the same problem that we experienced here during the last legislative campaign,” slips the retiree. Like a sense of déjà vu.

Also read:
US presidential election 2024: a few days before the election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are neck and neck according to this new poll