Almost two months to the day before a historic election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are working on Wednesday, each on their own, to attract new voters, with a latest poll showing that they are neck and neck in at least three crucial states.
This opinion poll revealed by CNN confirms that, as is often the case in the United States, the result of the presidential election will be played out in a very localized way, with a few thousand voters with oversized influence and millions of others confined to the role of observers.
The three most contested battlegrounds are expected to be Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania, with the latter state seen as the “big prize” likely to win.
Donald Trump is also planning to go there again, to the city of Harrisburg, for a “town hall” — a public meeting with voters — hosted by Sean Hannity.
This political commentator from Fox News, classified as conservative and close to the billionaire, often has the favors of the Republican candidate in his televised interventions. The program will be recorded in the late afternoon and broadcast at 9:00 p.m. Washington time.
– Beer brewery –
Kamala Harris has chosen to go to the state of New Hampshire, in the historic region of New England, for a trip focused on small and medium-sized businesses. In this Democratic-leaning region, she will visit a beer brewery founded by two women, in a traditionally male-dominated sector.
The 59-year-old candidate wants to increase the small business tax credit tenfold, from $5,000 to $50,000, according to a campaign official.
She, who is presented as a “communist” by her rival, intends to reinforce her image as a candidate of the middle and working classes in the face of an adversary accused of pampering the wealthy and multinationals.
After having logically benefited from the momentum following the major Democratic convention in Chicago which officially inaugurated her to carry the party’s colours, the American vice-president is now faced with the risk of running out of steam.
Several columnists from well-known daily newspapers, who are rather pro-democrats, have in recent days called on her to detail her measures for the country, particularly considering that her highly anticipated interview last Thursday, alongside her running mate Tim Walz, lacked substance.
“Kamala Harris’ honeymoon period is over,” Donald Trump said on Wednesday, speaking on a local radio station chosen precisely because it broadcasts in New Hampshire.
“If she wins, our country will never recover, it will be a catastrophe,” added the Republican tribune, who himself lost the national lead he had in July, before Joe Biden’s surprise withdrawal.
– 15% undecided –
In a poll published Wednesday by The Economist, Kamala Harris garnered 47% of voting intentions nationally, compared to 45% for Donald Trump.
Many Republicans would like to see the former business tycoon adopt a calmer tone, focusing on criticism of the Biden/Harris administration’s record, but the septuagenarian continues to pile on ad hominem attacks targeting his rival. “She’s a Marxist, she’s going to destroy our country,” he said again Wednesday.
The CNN poll identifies about 15% of voters still undecided in swing states that could swing to one side or the other. It gives Kamala Harris the win in Wisconsin and Michigan and Donald Trump the win in Arizona.
The Democrat’s visit to New Hampshire on Wednesday, where she has not been for years, will most likely be a unique detour for her, before she begins to plough through the seven key states that will decide the future of the world’s leading power on November 5.
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