Who will succeed Joe Biden? Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? Response to the outcome of the vote which is held on Tuesday November 5. A particularly aggressive campaign has been waged by both Republicans and Democrats in recent weeks. 240 million Americans are called to the polls.
Donald Trump, the Republican against the Democrat, Kamala Harris. Will the 2016 scenario repeat itself? Or will the United States elect its first female president? Questions currently unanswered for Kavika Knight. Born 56 years ago to an American father and a Marquesan mother. He is following these elections from afar. Because he knows from experience that not everything is decided on the big day.
“The candidate who wins the popular vote is not necessarily the winner who becomes the president of the United States. In 2016, Hillary won the popular vote against Trump. And despite everything, she lost in the electoral vote. In 2020, Biden against Trump. Biden blew it, he won by 7 million votes. But in the electoral college it was much closer…So I think that for example, these next elections, Kamala Harris will win in the popular vote. But it’s not clear that she will win the electoral vote and that’s where it all comes down to it. That's why they talk about swing states in the United States.”estimates Kavika Knight, 30 years of residence in Tahiti
Swing states, the famous swing states, like Pennsylvania, where the electoral vote can swing the result of the popular vote. Kevin Heminway knows this very well. Born in the United States, the Florida shaper has built a reputation in the world of Polynesian surfing.
And every four years, he follows the candidates' debates carefully to form his opinion. “I think that with the international situation at the moment, we don’t want to put someone in the position of president who cannot manage international policy properly,” advance
Kevin Heminway, who has lived in Tahiti for 40 years.
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American tourists vacationing in Tahiti have already fulfilled their civic duty. Through the postal or online voting system. “I voted in advance. In Nebraska, we receive the ballots at home, a month before the elections. And we send them back by mail or directly via the internet via Dropbox”says Christy, who is from Nebraska. Roxanne, from Colorado, already fulfilled her civic duty before coming here: “I have already voted. In front of the building where I work, there is a ballot collection station.” Same thing for
Kathy de California,”o“I voted two weeks ago, on October 18, just before coming to Tahiti.”
A historic campaign with crucial geopolitical issues. This Tuesday, the Americans will designate 538 electors. Their mission: to elect the 47th president or the first president of the United States… who will take up residence in the White House on January 20.
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