Lhe surprise entry of Vice-President Kamala Harris into the presidential race after the withdrawal of Joe Biden last July gave hope to the Democratic Party, which was trembling in the face of the octogenarian leader’s poor polls.
The former Republican president, however, saw his electoral base – already remarkably solid – galvanized by the two assassination attempts which targeted him, in Pennsylvania in July and in Florida in September. The latest polls predict a particularly close fight, even if Kamala Harris still has a slight advantage.
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Other candidates may also influence the final results: Jill Stein, environmental activist, Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., environmental lawyer who announced he was suspending his candidacy and supporting Donald Trump, Cornel West, philosopher and activist and Chase Oliver, Libertarian candidate.
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