One of the tightest US election races of modern times is entering its final, two-week-long stretch on Tuesday, with Republican Donald Trump making a special pitch to Latino voters as Democratic rival Kamala Harris speaks on a national network. Sitting for the interview.
Both campaigns are spending millions of dollars to make a final push on any vacillating, undecided voters who might tilt the balance in their favor, with polls consistently showing their candidates in hot water ahead of Election Day.
Whatever the outcome, Americans will make history on November 5: They will either elect the first female president of the world’s leading superpower – or they will put the first convicted criminal into the White House.
Polls appear to have given Trump, who at age 78 is the oldest candidate from a major party in US history, a slight lead recently – but all within the margin of error that a former There is some relief for the President to enter the White House for the third consecutive time. run.
Vice President Harris — who only inserted herself into the race in July when President Joe Biden made the surprise decision to drop out and endorse her in his place — will give a television interview to NBC on Tuesday.
The 60-year-old, who celebrated her birthday over the weekend, will deploy one of her party’s most popular messengers back into the field: Barack Obama.
The former Democratic president will hold a series of rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan, two of the seven most competitive swing states in the election that is likely to decide the outcome under the US system of indirect universal suffrage.
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Trump, whose anti-immigrant rhetoric is becoming harsher and more extreme by the day, will participate in a roundtable discussion with Latino voters at one of his properties in Florida.
The Republican will then fly to North Carolina, another key state where he also campaigned on Monday for an event supposedly dedicated to the economy.
However, he rarely sticks to the topic at his rallies – instead, he has been criticized for weeks for delivering nonsensical monologues and threats about arming the military against Democrats, whom he describes as ” Enemy from within.
A recent televised town hall led to a surreal, impromptu musical session, as Trump abandoned discussion of the election to play his favorite hit songs as he strutted across the stage.
The Harris campaign has begun to emphasize her mental and physical fitness to serve.
But a group of MAGA-capped supporters continue to turn up at his rallies, who believe he is the victim of political harassment, or that Democrats are making threats against him.
Democrats are also trying to woo moderate Republicans angry over Trump’s ominous rhetoric and scandals.
Harris has tried to present herself as a “happy warrior” who wants to reverse the indignity of the Trump years and usher in a new generation of American political leadership.
More than 15 million Americans have already voted by mail or in person, according to the independent organization Elections Project, about 10 percent of total voting in 2020.
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