The American presidential election goes beyond the country’s borders. The outcome of the vote, organized on the night of November 5 to 6, 2024 with the time difference, will have repercussions on all countries that trade, negotiate or work with the United States. How do we watch this election from Yonne? What echoes come to us from across the Atlantic? The questions are piling up as the vote approaches.
Barbara Becquiot was born in the United States. At 81, this retiree from National Education, based in Yonne, is worried about the outcome of the vote. “If it’s Harris, it will be a relief because she is still the former attorney general of California, so someone who is deeply honest. If Mr. Trump wins. I’m going to be very direct. We have someone whose main worry right now is not going to jail or being found with an electronic bracelet.“, launches the Franco-American.
A feeling of helplessness
Barbara arrived in France in 1965-1966. She then oscillated between the two countries for decades. “I don’t recognize the America from when I was young. There is violence in society. Once, as a professor there, I was called a communist because I proposed a project on the media in Europe. explains the retiree.
Barbara Becquiot is worried about her: “It scares me whatever the result. If Trump wins, I can’t even imagine what it could do for Europe. Yes, I have reason to worry. I have quite a few friends there who are very worried. I also have my son with my daughter-in-law. They feel helpless about what’s happening.”
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A violent campaign
The election intrigues from Icaunais lands, it takes on another dimension when an Icaunais goes there. For a professional trip as part of his duties as vice-president of the Burgundy regional council, Nicolas Soret, also mayor of Joigny, witnessed the strength of the electoral campaign. He was visiting Wisconsin the last week of October. The state is one of those that can swing the victory.
“The violence of the campaign, we feel it when we are in the country. There is still a form of tension in relation to what the result of the vote will be, but also what will happen next.explains Nicolas Soret. In Wisconsin, they were barricading a number of strategic locations to ensure that they are not attacked. And it gives a very unique atmosphere.”
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