PRESS REVIEW – As the November 5 vote approaches, both candidates are focusing their efforts in key states.
D-1. As the American presidential election approaches, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are putting all their strength into the last hundred meters of this incredible campaign. Neck and neck in the polls, both candidates are focusing their energy in key states that could swing to one side or another of the political spectrum. There are seven this year: Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
In his last report, the New York Times analyze the “striking contrast” between the two rivals who “in their message and behavior could not have been more different” in these last days “testing” countryside. On Sunday, the Democrat began her day at a black church in Detroit, Michigan, where she declared that the nation was “ready to bend the arc of history toward justice», invoking the words of Martin Luther King Jr.. The Republican began his campaign in a rally in Pennsylvania where, “with slumped shoulders and muffled voice, he claimed that he “should not have left the White House after his defeat” in 2020.
Trump has gone too far. He should make it clear that he does not wish Liz Cheney any physical harm… A good place to start, even before Tuesday, would be for him to apologize to her
Detroit News Editorial
The daily, which called on Joe Biden to withdraw from the race, opposes Donald Trump “looking particularly tired”chanting “speeches marked with occasional vulgarities” – he called the Democrats “demonic” and suggested he wouldn't mind if journalists were shot to get to him – to a Kamala Harris “much more optimistic”. One thing is certain, writes the NOW on the front page this Monday: “Tired, troubled and nervous: Americans are going to the polls en masse.” Nearly 75 million voters have already voted in advance.
Proliferation of post-its
The Washington Postfor his part, narrates the proliferation in the “swing states” of post-its on which “women leave messages for women to encourage them to vote according to their opinion and remind them that their vote is secret”. These pieces of paper are found on “the door to a barbershop in North Carolina”on “the mirror in the women’s restroom at an Ohio airport”or “on the back of a box of sanitary pads in Arkansas”… “The origins of this trend are unclear, but Women for Harris-Walz co-founder says her members have been sticking these notes in toilets for months”recalls the daily which does not support any candidate this year.
Between two articles on the football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions, during which Kamala Harris' campaign teams broadcast her last major ad, the Milwaukee Journal SentinelWisconsin's leading newspaper, returns to Barack Obama's words “toward undecided voters” au Baird Center de Milwaukee. “He portrayed Donald Trump as a billionaire who is running solely for his own benefit.” The former POTUS similarly castigated his successor on his economic program: «The Apprentice was a reality TV show. The truth is that Donald Trump received $400 million from his father…and yet his companies have gone bankrupt six times.”
Arizona's 2,750 “super voters”
The Arizona Republic sets out on his own to meet the “2750 super voters” of the state “who have voted in every election for three decades”mouse pair “their civic duty”. Among them, Adelita Grijalva, Democratic supervisor. “My uncle was naturalized but couldn't vote, so I always thought it was our responsibilityshe said. It’s such a privilege to be able to do it.” Another, Carol Habra, who has voted for more than 45 years, believes “that if you did not vote, you do not have the right to say a word about what will be done later”.
Nevada team, the Las Vegas Review-Journal the largest daily newspaper in the state and owned by the family of the late Sheldon Adelson, billionaire casino magnate and donor to the Republican Party, is interested – this cannot be invented – in the bets around the election: “Trump was favorite at -123 on Sunday on Betfair Exchange in London to win the election against Harris, outsider at +120. Trump was a -210 favorite on Wednesday. Current odds mean bettors need to bet $123 to win $100 on the Trump election and $100 to win $120 on the Harris election.”
“Trump should apologize”
In Michigan, the city's conservative daily The Detroit News publishes for its part an unequivocal editorial: “Trump should apologize to Cheney and the nation”. “As someone targeted by two assassination attempts, he should understand the danger of evoking images of gun violence” et «[d’] attack former Republican MP Liz Cheney, now a fervent supporter of Kamala Harris”. A few days ago, Donald Trump suggested pointing guns at the daughter of George W. Bush's vice-president.
“Trump has gone too far. He should make it clear that he wishes him no physical harm… If he wins the election, one of his first commitments should be to tone down the divisive and angry rhetoric that dominates our national discourse . A good starting point, even before Tuesday, would be for him to apologize to her.”continues the editorial. “We are also concerned about the Harris camp's tendency to refer to Trump supporters as 'fascists' and 'Nazis,' which is also unnecessarily provocative.”tempers the newspaper.
The Raleigh News and Observer from North Carolina, he makes his front page on the question of abortion, “one of the reasons that motivates many voters” to go vote, and the way in which the future governor of the state, also elected on Tuesday, will position himself. The Supreme Court's decision in 2022 to remove the constitutional right to abortion in force for fifty years effectively left it to each state to establish its own legislation. In broad terms, the Republican does not mention this subject in the twelve “important questions” of his campaign and does not intend to change the law which prohibits abortion, with exceptions, beyond twelve weeks of pregnancy. The Democrat, for his part, undertakes not to sign “no bill that would further restrict abortion”.
Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin et Oprah Winfrey
The Charlotte Observer with en garde Donald Trump: “Puerto Rican voters in North Carolina say he will pay the price for his insult”after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating waste island” during a Republican meeting in New York. “It's as if he insulted [notre] own mother”protests the pastor of the Hickory Road Methodist Church in Charlotte.
In Georgia, finally, the Savannah Morning News highlights the problem “urgent” housing. And to compare the programs of the two main candidates: Kamala Harris wants to increase supply and facilitate access to property; Donald Trump plans to reduce mortgage loans and provide tax incentives for purchasing.
The last day of campaigning takes place this Monday in Pennsylvania. THE Philadelphia Inquirer opens its therefore its site on the closing rally of Kamala Harris this evening where is expected “a cast of stars” : Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Fat Joe ou encore Oprah Winfrey.
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