US election: Kamala Harris in the fast lane?
US Vice President Kamala Harris still has around one hundred days to win over US voters. She received almost 100 percent support in an online vote by Democratic delegates and for the first time polls have put her ahead of her Republican rival Donald Trump. Commentators discuss her chances and potential strategies.
Hurricane could sweep away Trump
Club Z believes Kamala Harris will triumph:
“Trump's political career could end as it began - with nasty insults about a woman. Except that 'laughing Kamala', as he now calls the vice president, doesn't sound quite as bad as 'corrupt Hillary'. As for 2024, convicted felon Donald Trump may have an advantage over an old man with diminished vitality, but not against a former female prosecutor with a sharp mind. ... The election is 99 days away, but the weather forecasts for 5 November look anything but promising for the Republicans. Hurricane Kamala is approaching and threatens to sweep up Trump and his troops and put them right where they belong: on the rubbish heap of history.”
Her chances are growing
Things are getting tougher for Trump, Aamulehti believes:
“Support for Harris has increased in recent weeks, especially among women and black voters. Both groups feel that Harris defends their rights – such as the right to decide what happens with their own bodies – better than Trump. ... On Tuesday, Harris is expected to announce the name of her vice presidential running mate. If she selects Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, for example, it could tip the scales in her favour. ... So her campaign is going very well at the moment, and Trump's return to the White House no longer seems as likely as it did two and a half weeks ago.”
All down to persuading the swing states
Harris should make some strategic adjustments, says Le Figaro:
“In this split America, the election will go in favour of the candidate who manages to mobilise their voter base and win over centrists in the seven swing states. To do this, Harris, who hails from the party's progressive base in California, must resist the leftist positions that derailed her 2020 campaign, reorient her rhetoric, acknowledge that inflation is a concern for Americans, and adopt a tougher tone on immigration and crime.”