Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris are still neck and neck in the polls, ahead of the presidential election which takes place this Tuesday, November 5 in the United States
AFP
Whether they are for Donald Trump or for Kamala Harris, they are just as feverish at the prospect of an opposing victory, at the end of an American presidential campaign so close, that the White House seems within reach of both camps .
On one side or the other, each supporter believes in the good fortune of their candidate while fearing a defeat on the line, or even through “fraud”.
Trump defeated? “It would be very suspicious”
“It’s crazy how much support Trump has” in the United States, enthuses Mark Perry. And for this 65-year-old handler, there is no doubt. If the 78-year-old Republican were to trip on Tuesday, “it would be very suspicious.”
“It would be very hard to swallow,” adds Jacob Smith. Like the former president and his millions of voters, this 41-year-old heating engineer is convinced that Kamala Harris can only win by “cheating”, as, according to the Trumpists, Joe Biden would have done in 2020.
Met at the entrance to the Republican candidate's last meeting, in the industrial state of Michigan, Sam Nyambe, a 48-year-old financier immigrant from Zambia, is behind Donald Trump. For what? Because of the businessman's “Christian values” and his opposition to abortion rights.
Score “staggering for a repeat offender”
Further south, in the equally crucial state of Pennsylvania, the slogan “Vote for Freedom” was paraded on blue and red light columns decorating the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where the exhibition was to be held. voice Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
“It’s still astonishing that this race is so close, because (Donald Trump) is a habitual criminal and he has such a way of talking to women…” almost chokes up Trish Kilby, 60 years old . “Tomorrow we will elect the first woman president,” says Luke Little. But this 24-year-old waiter nevertheless admits to being “worried”.
Same feeling from Robin Matthews, 50-year-old association manager, “cautiously optimistic but worried”, because “if Kamala Harris doesn’t win, we’re screwed”.
For Asher, 16, the issue of this historic election simply comes down to “the preservation of our democratic system”.
Fraud and cheating: the war of words
A poll in October by public radio NPR assured that 88% of voters supporting Donald Trump believed in electoral fraud, compared to 29% of supporters of Kamala Harris.
Thus, Chuck Lu, a trader who emigrated from China, living in Chicago, firmly believes that Kamala Harris will not be able to win without cheating. If she enters the White House on January 20, “she will not have been elected but placed there,” he assures.
This electric climate of fracture and distrust worries Roxana Rohe, a 42-year-old professor who came with her two daughters to listen to the vice-president. “Trump is already saying that the election was stolen from him, before it even took place,” she sighs.
(afp)
