The United States is just over 70 days away from its presidential election, and the Democratic and Republican campaigns are preparing for intense weeks of speeches, events and debates, in an effort to win key support in an election where every vote will be crucial to reaching the White House.
On Thursday, Kamala Harris closed the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago with her presidential nomination acceptance speechFor four days, some 50,000 delegates from every state and territory rallied around the current vice president, who has been the front-runner for just four weeks.
On the other hand, Donald Trump’s Republican campaign was forced to restructure its strategy after the president Joe Biden will withdraw his candidacy days after the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, having to turn his criticism towards the work that Harris has done as the number two of the Democratic president.
Race against time for the White House
With the political conventions over, both presidential candidates are in a race against time.
“We’re talking about an intense and strategic operation, bringing Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz to meet voters in key states. We know this will be a very close race, which will be decided in a small number of states with a narrow margin of votes,” he told the Voice of America Maria Carolina Casado, Spanish-language spokesperson for Harris’ campaign.
Harris took the stage at the United Center at the Democratic National Convention a day after her running mate, Tim Walz, accept the vice presidential nomination with a speech focused on his vision for the future of the United States.
On the other hand, Republicans have anticipated that their strategy will not change after the Democratic National Convention. “There is no need to do anything different. Kamala Harris’ candidacy is based on Joe Biden’s already failed candidacy. There is nothing new that she can offer that Americans have not seen during his administration,” said Jaime Florez, a Spanish-language spokesman for Trump’s campaign.
From Chicago, Brian Hughes, communications advisor to the former Republican president’s campaign, told the VOA “They will continue to focus on maintaining a presence in the battleground states. They will be on the road again for the rest of the week. I think the pace we have set this week is a reflection of what we will see in the campaign and among representatives for the rest of the electoral process.”
The United States is just over 70 days away from the presidential election, and the Democratic and Republican campaigns are preparing for intense weeks of speeches, events and debates, with the aim of gaining support in an election where every vote will be crucial to reaching the White House.
Without losing momentum
Just four weeks into the 180-degree turn the Democratic campaign took with Kamala Harris’s ascension to the top of the ticket, polls reflect the energy seen in Chicago.
Harris leads Trump by a narrow 1.5% margin, according to the average of national polls compiled by the New York Timesas well as by sites specializing in electoral data RealClearPolitics y 270towinboth without political affiliation.
Jill Duson, a Portland state senator and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, told the VOA that “the work is ahead of us” and that Democrats “must not lose momentum.”
“I think the opponent is digging their own ditch, and that’s fine. We just give them an extra shovel and let them keep digging. And I think our team is optimistic, positive and at the same time committed to hard work,” Duson added.
Laura Rodríguez, vice president of government affairs at the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAPAF), also anticipated that “the energy we have seen in the last four weeks” could continue in the coming days.
Harris and Trump will face each other for the first time on September 10 in a debate that will be televised by ABC News, where, in addition to the expected attacks, the candidates will be able to contrast their political ideas in a public setting.
A few days later, on October 1, his running mates, Tim Walz and JD Vance, will also participate in a debate that will be broadcast on CBS Newswhich will serve as a continuation of what was discussed by the presidential candidates.
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