Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is up against Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump.
US Election 2024 Live: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the Democratic and Republican contenders for the November 5 US presidential election, began a tour of swing states in the final week of campaigning, on Wednesday. Harris, the incumbent Vice President, will be in North Carolina and will then travel to Pennsylvania, two of the seven swing states that could determine the winner.…Read More
On the other hand, Trump, the Oval Office occupant between 2016 and 2020, will also be in North Carolina, at a venue about an hour’s drive from where Harris will hold her rally. His second rally is in Wisconsin, another swing state; Brett Favre, an American football legend, will appear with the Republican nominee, who lost to Democrat Joe Biden four years ago.
The two contenders are locked neck and neck, according to pre-poll surveys; most have put Harris marginally ahead of Trump. She was elevated as the Democrats’ presidential nominee after Biden decided not to seek re-election. His performance in the presidential debate with Trump was widely panned, leading to calls from within the party and its donors, to step aside.
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– Maricopa County, Arizona, has emerged as the nation’s most critical swing county, potentially deciding whether Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump will become the next president, as well as which party controls the US Senate.
– The county’s political division is so tight that it can take over a week to determine the winner. This year, election officials have warned that it could take as long as 13 days to count all the ballots in Maricopa. This prolonged counting process has made Maricopa County—home to Phoenix and many other communities—a focal point for election conspiracy theories.
– On Wednesday, China’s government suggested that if Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidential election, he might “discard” Taiwan, given that the United States has consistently followed an “America first” policy.
– Trump, the Republican candidate who is in a tight race with Vice President Kamala Harris in the polls, has made multiple remarks during his campaign, stating that Taiwan, which China claims, should bear the cost of its protection and accusing the island of taking American semiconductor business.
– Responding to pressure from some allies to apologize for the racist remarks made by speakers at his weekend rally, Donald Trump took a different stance on Tuesday, stating it was an “honour to be involved” in such an event and referring to the gathering as a “lovefest”—a term he has previously used to describe the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
– Kamala Harris warned that a second term for Donald Trump would lead to chaos and division, rather than addressing the needs of Americans, as she sought to energise voters from the National Mall just one week before Election Day.
(With inputs from agencies)