Last weekend of campaigning in the United States, foot to the floor

Photo: Brendan Smialowski Agence France-Presse In Milwaukee on Friday, Kamala Harris was preceded on stage by New York rapper of Caribbean origin Cardi B, who gave her support to the Democratic candidate.

Nicolas Revise – Agence France-Presse and Marion Thibaut – Agence France-Presse in Washington

Published at 12:01

• United States

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are tackling their final weekend of campaigning in an extraordinary American presidential election on Saturday, with an unpredictable result that is expected around the world.

The Democratic vice president, who could be the first female president of the United States, and the Republican billionaire, who dreams of returning to the White House, are in full verbal escalation.

The climate is particularly electric, with a political-media controversy every day and fears of violence after November 5, especially if the result is extremely close as all the polls predict.

This weekend, Kamala Harris will once again be in the key states that will decide the fate of Tuesday's election. In Georgia (south), North Carolina (southeast) and Michigan (north), she will try to convince the last undecided voters that she is the “antidote” to the former Republican president, as her running mate Tim Walz said on Friday.

On Friday night, at three consecutive rallies in Wisconsin, another pivotal Great Lakes state, she called for “turning the page on a decade of Donald Trump” who upended American democracy and “exhausted us.”

The populist tribune, whose rhetoric has become increasingly authoritarian and who has been convicted and charged in numerous criminal and civil cases, is heading to campaign rallies on Saturday in Virginia and North Carolina.

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He is expected to paint a bleak picture of the United States, which is “occupied” by millions of illegal immigrants, “criminals” whom he has promised to deport.

Demonstrations

Women's protests are being held in several American cities on Saturday, as the defense of abortion rights has been at the heart of the campaign and Democrats are counting on their votes.

On Saturday morning on Fox News, the former president attacked an election ad showing women voting for Kamala Harris without apparently telling their husbands.

“Can you imagine a woman not telling her husband who she's voting for?,” Donald Trump fumed. “That's ridiculous. »

He also described the employment figures — published the day before and less good than expected — as a “gift” for his campaign, even if experts point to a temporary fluctuation.

On Friday in Michigan, the billionaire accused the administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris of having failed economically.

He predicted a “1929-style depression” if his rival is elected.

For the conservative former president, his rival “hates” Americans, while according to the current vice president who is campaigning in the center, her opponent is “unstable and obsessed with revenge” for the 2020 election that he never admitted to having lost.

Celebrity endorsements

Until the last day, the 60-year-old vice president and the 78-year-old former president will be campaigning: on Monday evening, she will be in Philadelphia in the crucial state of Pennsylvania and he will be in Grand Rapids in Michigan.

The election is Tuesday, a non-working day in the United States, and more than 72 million Americans have already posted or slipped into ballot boxes their ballot early.

The 2024 campaign, scrutinized around the world and particularly in Europe and the Middle East, has been extraordinary: in the space of a few weeks this summer, President Joe Biden, 81, threw in the towel and made way for Ms. Harris and Mr. Trump was the target of two assassination attempts.

Since then, the two adversaries have done everything to seduce women, young people and African-American, Arab-Muslim and Latin American voters.

Ms. Harris has won numerous endorsements from business and political circles — including former Republican leaders — as well as from superstars of film, music and sports, such as these days Cardi B, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Lopez and LeBron James. James.

And on Saturday, the former First Lady, the ultra popular Michelle Obama, will be campaigning in Philadelphia, with the singer Alicia Keys.

Tuesday’s election could be so close, in a politically fractured country, that it could be days before a definitive national result is known.

Donald Trump’s entourage has already begun to stoke rumors of irregularities, even “cheating,” during voting operations.