American presidential election
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Often perceived within her party as too moderate by progressives, and too radical by moderates, the Democratic candidate has failed to distance herself from Joe Biden, who became a burden during the campaign.
She would finally succeed in breaking the glass ceiling. At 60, Kamala Harris would become the first woman and the first black and Asian woman to reach the highest office. “It's our time, America, wanted to believe Hillary Clinton, who came to support the vice-president at the Democratic convention in August in Chicago. This is the moment when we get up. This is the moment when we break through.” But said ceiling held firm. And just like for the unsuccessful candidate of 2016, the New York Times had to, once again, put away his cuff «Madam President».
Because Harris' program for defending rights, particularly for women, advocating “pragmatic capitalism” and tax justice aimed at creating a “opportunity economy”, dont “the middle class would be the engine of prosperity”, American voters preferred Donald Trump's supremacist, virilist, ethnonationalist and protectionist agenda. With at least 277 electors in his bag (out of 538), his rival is guaranteed to return to the White House on January 20, after a four-year Democratic hiatus. “We will not go back,” had nevertheless continued to hammer Harris and his supporters
