Harris’s late entry into the race – replacing President Joe Biden after his withdrawal amid considerations over his age and unpopularity – has successfully turned it into the type of dash to election day extra widespread in Europe.
Already a trailblazer as the primary feminine and first Black and South Asian vice chairman, Harris is aiming to make historical past as the primary lady president – and is scrambling to pitch herself to the general public forward of Nov 5.
She and Walz head to the nationwide conference in Chicago subsequent week on the again of a blockbuster start, by which they’ve reversed Trump’s polling leads, obliterated fundraising records and attracted big ebullient crowds to their rallies.
In virtually all the swing states that determine the competition in US elections, Harris is now degree or forward of Trump, who shocked the world together with his 2016 presidential victory however was crushed by Biden in 2020.
