Republican former President Donald Trump will face Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 5 US presidential election after Democratic President Joe Biden ended his re-election bid.
Several third-party hopefuls are also in the running. Here are the candidates.
democratic party
kamala harris
Harris, 60, won the Democratic Party nomination after Biden ended his re-election bid, allowing Democrats to offer a fresh American vision in contrast to Trump’s agenda as they appeal to young voters, people of color and suburban women. Want to revive their alliance.
A former US senator, California attorney general and San Francisco prosecutor, Harris became the first woman and person of color to serve as vice president after she was selected by Biden as his running mate for 2020. If she wins, she will become the first woman to serve as president in the country’s 248-year history.
Opinion polls show that Harris is in a close race against Trump. According to an October 23–27 Reuters/Ipsos poll, he leads the former president nationally by 45% to 42%.
Other polls show Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, in a tight race amid seven battleground states that could decide the election: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, Michigan and Nevada.
Harris has made reproductive rights and individual freedom a rallying cry and has supported national legislation codifying access to safe abortion.
His economic plans include tax cuts for most Americans, restrictions on price increases, more affordable housing and a neoliberal tax credit, as well as efforts to boost domestic manufacturing. He proposed increasing the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% and eliminating the tax on tips.
He has promised stricter immigration and fentanyl controls at the border. His climate and energy positions are similar to those of Biden, who has made fighting climate change a top priority.
Harris has been seen as tech-friendly, even though she has raised alleged anti-competition and privacy issues, and she has tried to reassure donors that she supports capitalism.
On foreign policy, Harris is expected to largely stick to Biden’s strategy on key issues such as Ukraine, China and Iran. He has also pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a Gaza ceasefire agreement, but he has also taken a tough stance against Hamas, saying the terrorist group must be “eliminated”, and that he supports US efforts to arm Israel. Committed to the policy.
Major labor groups including the Service Employees International Union, the United Auto Workers, and the American Federation of Teachers supported him. Former US military officers, company executives and several former top Republican officials have also endorsed him.
republican party
Donald Trump
Trump, 78, clinched the Republican nomination in July to seek a third consecutive run for the White House after losing his 2020 re-election bid.
Trump continues to repeat his false claim that Democrats stole the 2020 election as he campaigns amid unprecedented legal challenges, including a fresh US indictment against Biden over efforts to overturn his loss .
In office from 2017 to 2021, he has framed his indictments in four criminal cases as political attacks, vowed “vengeance” against perceived enemies and adopted increasingly dystopian rhetoric. He has also made ominous comments about the United States’ “enemy within” and threatened to deploy the military domestically.
Trump became the first former US president to be convicted of a crime in New York City in May. He was also the first president to be impeached twice. He denies any wrongdoing.
Trump, who chose U.S. Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate, has refused to accept the 2024 results or rule out potential political violence while he and Republicans brace for a potential loss. Doing ground work. He promised to pardon supporters jailed for the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and threatened to sue election officials, donors, Google and others if he wins.
He said he would not run again if he lost.
Trump is the oldest presidential candidate of America and will become the second oldest President of the country. He faced two assassination attempts, one at a Pennsylvania campaign rally in July and another near his Florida golf course in September.
The Trump-friendly think tank’s broader “Project 2025” policy agenda would target Justice Department independence, among other plans. Trump has tried to distance himself from the project despite the involvement of his former aides and Vance. He also wants the power to appoint loyalists in place of federal civil service workers.
On foreign policy, Trump has vowed to fundamentally transform U.S. relations with NATO and resolve the Ukraine war with potential peace talks that could require Kiev to cede territory. He has said Hamas must be “crushed” and vowed to be tougher on Iran, but has given few details or policy proposals.
Trump has made immigration a top issue, promising mass deportations, including legal Haitian immigrants granted temporary protected status in Springfield, Ohio. He would end birthright citizenship and expand travel restrictions on people from certain countries.
He takes credit for the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade protections, saying abortion laws should be left up to the states. Trump said he does not support bans on birth control.
On the economy, Trump will impose sweeping tariffs on imported goods and specific companies and countries. He promised to eliminate taxes on tips and overtime, lower corporate tax rates, and open federal lands to foreign companies and housing. He has also vowed to destroy most of Biden’s climate change actions.
Trump has faced criticism, including from some Republicans, for personal attacks against Harris, including on her race and gender.
Trump appointed former Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to his transition team and said he would tap billionaire backer Elon Musk to address government efficiency.
The National Fraternal Order of Police and other police groups have also supported his election bid.
Third parties and independent
Libertarian Party
chase oliver
While the Libertarian Party invited Trump to its convention, it ultimately chose Oliver, 39. Oliver ran for the Georgia State Senate seat in 2022 and received 2% of the vote.
green party
Jill Stein
Stein, a 74-year-old physician who ran for office under the Green Party in 2016, is seeking re-election in 2024.
He began his current campaign by accusing Democrats of “cheating on the promises they’ve made repeatedly to working people, to youth, and to the climate” – while Republicans don’t even make such promises in the first place.
Independent
Cornel West
Political activists, philosophers, and academics are making efforts to attract more progressive, Democratic-leaning voters.
West, 71, initially ran as a Green Party candidate, but in October he declared himself an independent, saying people “want good policies rather than partisan politics”. He has promised to end poverty and guarantee housing.
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