Published on 06/11/2024 21:56
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American presidential election 2024: the reasons for Donald Trump's victory
The American presidential election was preparing for a close and late result between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, ultimately the Republican candidate quickly won. By responding in his speech to economic expectations and in terms of migration policy, he became the 47th president of the United States.
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The American presidential election was preparing for a close and late result between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, ultimately the Republican candidate quickly won. By responding in his speech to economic expectations and in terms of migration policy, he became the 47th president of the United States.
In Pennsylvania, one of the key voting states, the choice was to opt mainly for Donald Trump, four years after voting for Democratic candidate Joe Biden. With more than 150,000 votes difference between the Republican winner and Kamala Harris, Donald Trump was obvious to many residents of Pennsylvania. As for Kim, who wanted to see “a man, a real one“at the White House for”straighten out the country“.
Aside from the vision of a virile America, Donald Trump also convinced voters in favor of a tougher migration policy, of a country that welcomes “legally and according to needs“. Another weight which tipped the Republican balance: the economic recovery announced by Donald Trump, after having marked in the minds of Americans throughout his electoral campaign the inflation and the feeling of loss of purchasing power suffered under the mandate of Joe Biden. An argument that made Donald Trump the candidate of the working classes.
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