Harris and Trump now engaged in the final sprint

Triumphantly invested by their respective parties, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are entering the final sprint towards the presidential election on November 5, in a campaign that should rebound from It's Friday.

Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of assassinated President JFK, is expected to withdraw from the race and call for a vote for the Republican candidate.< /p>

The American vice-president accepted the nomination of excited Democratic delegates on Thursday in Chicago, at the end of a euphoric convention marked among other things by the hard-hitting speech of Michelle Obama, the energy of running mate Tim Walz and a festive musical program.

She promised America a “new path” of unity.

Donald Trump, who bombarded his Truth Social network with angry messages during the vice-president's speech, accused her of contributing to the “decline” of the United States.

The duelists will be able to pit their two visions against each other on September 10 in Pennsylvania (northeast) during their first debate, the next highlight of the campaign.

– “Swing states” –

US Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, at the Democratic convention in Chicago, August 22, 2024 © AFP – Robyn Beck

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Kamala Harris, abruptly propelled into one of the toughest political battles in American history, has created immense fervor in her party, around a candidacy that did not exist a month ago.

She is slightly ahead in most polls.

But nothing is decided, especially not in the seven “swing states”, the most contested states, where large sections of the electorate seem to be won over by the former Republican president.

Donald Trump is going to two of them on Friday, in the west of the country: first to Las Vegas in Nevada, to promise tax cuts, then to Arizona, for a campaign rally with a “surprise guest”.

Is it Robert F. Kennedy Jr.? The independent candidate is credited with between 4 and 5% of voting intentions, but the impact of his support on the campaign of the former Republican president remains uncertain, according to the polls.

Who knows how many more upheavals this crazy campaign has in store, after the assassination attempt against the former Republican president on July 13 and the shock withdrawal of Democratic President Joe Biden on July 21?

– “It's up to us to attack” –

In Chicago, the leading voices of the Democratic Party, particularly the Obamas and the Clintons, warned against any triumphalism.

“We've seen more than one election slip away from us when we thought it was impossible, because people got too confident or got distracted by the wrong issues,” warned former President Bill Clinton.

In Chicago, the most telling metaphor came from Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a former American football coach.

He warned that the Democrats, with just minutes to go in the game, were a few points behind. “But it's up to us to attack and we have the ball,” said +Coach Walz+ in front of a convention transformed for a moment into a high-energy locker room.

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