2024-07-22 11:25:15
It was expected and at the same time surprising. The US presidential campaign is not a repeat of the fear of the 2017 campaign between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. A week after the historic assassination attempt on the Republican candidate, the Democratic candidate threw in the towel under pressure from all parties calling for his removal. A turn that upset all the predictions as well as the campaign of the Republican camp.
Biden’s health status, less of a topic
For months, Donald Trump and his friends have played on concerns about the health of the 81-year-old outgoing president, sharing videos of his every stutter, gaffe and stumble.
“Joe Crook doesn’t deserve to be a candidate and he certainly doesn’t deserve to use his services,” the Republican candidate said on his Real Social Network, shortly after announcing his withdrawal. But the Republican, who escaped an assassination attempt, must make a strategic change. “This is bad news for Trump,” said Henry Olsen, of the conservative Education and Public Policy Institute, to AFP.
President Biden has until then “the lowest approval rating ever recorded in the polls for the first time and is unduly burdened by his age”, noted a political analyst before the announcement. “It’s better for Trump to run against him than against any other potential opponent.” »
Republicans play on trust
“I will show up and campaign, whether it’s against him or someone else,” said Donald Trump, who pointed out that the elections also gave an advantage to many other democrats.
The campaign “will not fundamentally change,” Jason Miller, one of the Republican candidate’s closest advisers, told AFP during the rally in Milwaukee. “Whether it’s Joe Biden, Kamala Harris or any other leftist Democrat opponent, they are all responsible for destroying our economy and breaking our borders. »
The danger of Kamala Harris
Voters have been showing voters for months their desire to be represented by a young candidate. Electing a young Democratic governor, from a key state, could therefore represent a threat to the stormy Republican, who will be 82 years old at the end of a possible second term.
At the age of 59, Kamala Harris, former senator from California, who became the first woman but also the first black and Asian person to enter this position, should be in competition with other figures in the Democratic Party. An ad by Kamala Harris could also be dangerous because it could appeal more to women voters, who historically vote more than men and are the Republican’s Achilles heel.
Our file is on the 2024 United States presidential election
It will also give Republicans a chance to redefine, at the party’s convention in August, this election campaign as one of a clash of cultures. Indeed, this former prosecutor will appear against the first President to be convicted in criminal cases in the history of the United States and other legal cases are also involved. In addition, Kamala Harris defended the protection of abortion rights implemented by the Biden administration, an explosive topic which has already suffered for the Republican Party in the polls.
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