Addressing the undecided, plowing the key states: Democrat Kamala Harris will answer live Wednesday to questions from Pennsylvania voters she must convince of the dangers of handing the keys to the White House to Donald Trump for a second time. Less than two weeks before an election that is being watched by the entire world and whose outcome remains very uncertain, the two candidates are multiplying their numbers, without sparing each other. Their increasingly long campaign schedules underline their desire to leave no detail untouched and to try to reach all voters, all communities. On Wednesday, the Democratic candidate will be in Pennsylvania (northeast) and on the grill answering questions from citizens during a public meeting on the CNN channel. A format that she has not favored much since she entered the campaign three months ago. This state is probably the most coveted in the election for which more than 240 million Americans are called to the polls. On Tuesday, Kamala Harris, who in 2021 became the first female vice president in the history of the United States, estimated that the country was ready to elect its first female president this time. Even if she immediately minimized the historic significance that her election could represent. “What most people care about is whether you can do the job and whether you have a plan for them,” she explained. – “Saving America” - Donald Trump in Miami, October 22, 2024 © AFP – CHANDAN KHANNA Kamala Harris' arrival in the campaign shook up the country, which was expecting to experience the 2020 rematch between President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump. Everything suddenly changed with the Democrat's withdrawal in the middle of summer. Since then, the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, two candidates who are complete opposites, has been described as one of the closest in American history in a particularly polarized country. And to add a little complexity to the picture: it is difficult to know whether the polls are perfectly successful in capturing trends because in the past they have underestimated the scale of the vote for Donald Trump and recently the Democratic mobilization – particularly that of young people and women during the midterm elections. In this context, the two candidates are pacing the key states. In this vast and very divided country, these “swing states” are indeed crucial to winning. With this in mind, Donald Trump is going to Georgia (south) on Wednesday for two campaign events, the first in Zebulon in a chapel and the second in Duluth for a rally. The 78-year-old candidate promised on Tuesday to “save America” and to quickly put an end to all wars — in the Middle East and Ukraine — after November 5. Making increasingly outrageous remarks, he has also multiplied personal attacks against his opponent whom he describes as “a stupid person” who “does not deserve to be able to run.” “If she becomes president, this country is finished.” If he wins in November, the Republican candidate will be the oldest president in American history to be sworn in. All reproduction and representation rights reserved. © (2024) Agence France-Presse
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