US Presidential Election Live: Obama Raps With Eminem For Kamala Harris

The 2024 US election is approaching. In these final days of campaigning, Kamala Harris can count on Barack Obama.

The essentials

• The US presidential election will be held on November 5, 2024, but Americans have already started voting since the end of September with early voting gradually opening in the different states.
• Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris are the main candidates for the US presidential election. They are neck and neck in national and state polls. In the seven swing states that will swing the election one way or the other, the margins are also very tight, but the advantage in most of those states now goes to Donald Trump.
• Kamala Harris has been trying to specifically address “Latino men” in recent days. She gave an interview to Telemundo Tuesday night. “Part of the program that I put together, I'm very conscious of the impact that it could have on Latino men,” he said, citing business start-up aid.
• At a rally in Detroit last night, Barack Obama gave a speech pointing out Donald Trump's weaknesses. He also rapped on a song by Eminem, who came on stage to defend the Democrat.
• The Republican candidate is focused on gaining the support of a male electorate that includes Latino and African-American men, some of whom are turning away from the Democratic camp represented by Kamala Harris. He is also courting Christians with a very conservative speech. But he is casting his net wider and can count on Elon Musk's incentive-based electoral strategy, which is organizing a daily lottery until election day by promising $1 million to a person pledging to support Donald Trump. The billionaire also goes so far as to relaying accusations of electoral fraud against the Democratic Party.
• Follow the latest information on the American presidential election campaign in our live feed.

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10:09 – Kamala Harris' promise to new Latino homeowners

Kamala Harris has given an interview to TelemundoTuesday night in which she mainly commented on her economic situation and plans, describing herself as a “pragmatic capitalist”. She then described the need for leadership in America that actively works with the private sector “to enable us to increase home ownership, to enable people and their families to create intergenerational wealth.” 

Struggling with Latino men in polls, who currently don't trust the Democrat, Kamala Harris says a big part of her agenda is dedicated to creating “opportunities for people to succeed. I'm very aware of how that would affect Latino men (…) I know Latino men often have a harder time access the big loans from the big banks because of their relationships, because of things that aren't necessarily based on their qualifications. So I'm focused on what we can do to bring more capital to community banks that will understand the community and be able to make those kinds of loans,” she said. In fact, Kamala Harris is looking at creating a $25,000 down payment for new Latino homeowners in the United States.

09:11 – Barack Obama raps Eminem at Kamala Harris rally

Barack Obama is very involved in this campaign to support Kamala Harris. The former president held a rally last night in Detroit, was introduced by rapper Eminem at the rally in Michigan, and briefly rapped the opening lyrics to the song “Lose Yourself.” “I've been to a lot of rallies, so I'm not usually nervous, but I felt a little sick after Eminem. Now I notice my palms are sweaty. My knees are weak, my arms are heavy. I already threw up my mom's spaghetti on my sweater, I'm nervous. But on the surface, I look calm and ready. “To drop bombs, but I keep forgetting!” Obama said to cheers from the audience. “I thought Eminem was going to come on stage. I was going to start jumping up and down. I love Eminem, he continued.

10/22/24 – 11:30 PM – Kamala Harris's fear of the outcome of the vote

END OF LIVE – During an interview with NBC News on Tuesday, the Democratic candidate was asked about her battle plan in the event that Donald Trump prematurely declares victory. “We'll deal with election night and the days after as they come,” she said. Kamala Harris said she was “very much anchored in the present,” before suggesting that her teams were ready for any eventuality. When pressed on whether she considered the scenario possible, the candidate said: “Of course. This is a man, Donald Trump, who tried to destroy a free and fair election, who continues to deny the will of the people, who incited a violent mob to attack the United States Capitol, and 140 law enforcement officers were attacked, some killed. This is a serious matter.”

10/22/24 – 10:55 PM – Barack Obama says Donald Trump won't “shake things up” if he gets to the White House

Campaigning for Kamala Harris on Tuesday, the former Democratic president of the United States said he understands voters who feel they are struggling and want change, before pointing out: “What I don't understand is why anyone would think that Donald Trump is going to shake things up in a way that's good for you.” And Barack Obama blasted Donald Trump: there is “absolutely no evidence that this man is thinking of anyone other than himself.” himself”, arguing that “when [Donald Trump] is not complaining, he is trying to sell things”, like watches or sneakers with his image on them.

10/22/24 – 10:18 PM – Who is the favorite among young voters, Harris or Trump ?

Polls for the U.S. presidential election are tight: Kamala Harris maintains the national lead, but she is neck and neck with Donald Trump in swing states. However, the Democratic candidate appears to be the favorite among younger voters, according to a new CNBC/Generation Lab poll. The study puts the vice president ahead of her rival by 20 points among voters ages 18 to 29. 34 years old (60% voting intentions for Harris, against 40% for Trump). This is more than the last study of this kind dating from July and in which only 46% of young voters surveyed said they wanted to vote for the Democrat and 34% for the Republican. The fact remains that despite this lead, young Americans do not seem very enthusiastic before the presidential election: to the question “what do you think of the list of candidates” the presidential election ?” 38% of those surveyed say they are disappointed, 41% say they are neutral and finally 20% consider themselves enthusiastic about the duel between Harris and Trump.

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What you need to know

The American presidential election will take place on November 5, 2024 and is mainly between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, despite the presence of a few other minor candidates in the race for the White House. The election promises to be particularly tight this year according to the various national polls or those conducted in each state. In the United States, it is the results of the state-by-state ballot that are decisive for the outcome of the election.

Each of the 50 states in the country represents a certain number of electors, the more populated the state, the greater the number of electors. It is ultimately these electors who vote for the future president of the United States. But the electors are not distributed to the Republican and Democratic camps proportionally to the results of the election, they all go to one and the same party: the one that obtained the highest score. To hope to win the presidential election, candidates must therefore win the ballot in as many states as possible to obtain the most electors possible. It is necessary to win 270 electors to be assured of victory.

The outcome of the election is already known in most American states that have very deep-rooted electoral habits: the territories on the east and west coasts are usually very progressive like California or New York and vote for the Democratic camp, those in the Midwest are rather conservative and mainly support the Republican party. But there are a handful of states, called swing states, which from one election to the next can swing from one camp to another. These are the states that decide the outcome of the election: Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.