Washington, Sep 20.- In 46 days the US voters will decide who their next president will be, but it is likely, as things stand today, that the election will be reduced to just seven key states.
National polls focus on the behavior of candidates Kamala Harris (Democrat) and Donald Trump (Republican) in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that could lead one or the other to victory.
When the current election cycle began, only six states were under scrutiny until the race was joined by North Carolina, a state that the Republicans won in 10 of the last 11 presidential elections (Barack Obama won there in 2008).
At this time, polls say that Vice President Harris and former President Trump are engaged in a close contest in the seven disputed states.
A poll published by Emerson College Polling and The Hill found that Trump outperformed Harris in Arizona (49 percent to 48 percent); Georgia (50 percent to 47 percent); Pennsylvania (48 percent to 47 percent); and Wisconsin (49 percent to 48 percent).
While Harris led Trump in Michigan (49 percent to 47) and North Carolina (49 percent to 48), both tied at 48 percent in Nevada.
However, the difference between the candidates in each state’s survey is within their respective margin of error, which is actually a tie.
However, when respondents in each state were asked who they expected to be the next occupant of the Oval Office, regardless of political preference, the most responses referred to Harris.
“There has been a modest move in the presidential election since Emerson’s polls in key states in late August before the presidential debate,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said in a statement the day before.
“In Arizona and North Carolina, Trump lost one point and Harris won one. Support for Trump remained the same in Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin, while support for Harris declined by a point in Michigan and Nevada, and remained the same in Wisconsin. In Georgia, Trump gained two points and Harris lost two,” it said.
The economy was cited as the main concern among voters in each key state, but the second themes ranged from immigration, threats to democracy and affordability of housing.
On November 5, the polling station will be here. Voters will have to decide between the two names that appear on the presidential ballot which one they consider to be the lesser of two evils. (Text and photo: PL)
