On November 5, the 2024 US Elections will take place between former Vice President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. Both candidates present an opposite position in almost all areas of debate.
Everything seems to oppose the two candidates for the United States presidential election on November 5 and seven out of ten people say they are distressed by the result of the election. But what is at stake in political terms in this campaign described as historic?
Elections in the United States: the five central themes of the campaign
Purchasing power
After three years of strong inflation, Purchasing power is an issue of concern for many Americans. Donald Trump, who during his administration reduced taxes on the richest and on companies, promised to raise tariffs to more than 10% on all imports, which, according to him, will allow him to finance a broad tax reduction. The Republican candidate also pledged to make America “the world capital of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.” On her side, the Democrat Kamala Harris She presented herself as the candidate of the middle class and wants to create a “economy of possibilities”. Although he has assumed some of Joe Biden’s commitments on taxes on large fortunes, he has also moderated them. Harris promises tax relief for the birth of a child, aid to provide access to housing and incentives for business creation.
Border with Mexico
For Trump, a priority is situation on the border with Mexico. And it is also a sensitive issue in the campaign, when there has been a spike in illegal income during the Biden administration. The Republican, who in his 2016 campaign promised build a wall along the borderhas gone further this time, by proposing the largest operation to expel illegal migrants in the history of the United States. His xenophobic and dehumanizing rhetoric about migrants is repeated in his speeches. You have used terms like “invasion,” “hordes,” and “the poisoning of American blood.” Defensive on the issue, Harris offers apply a tough policy. Considers that people who enter the country illegally have to face “consequences.” He also supported a Biden project invest in physical barriers at borders.
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Right to abortion
He right to abortion It could motivate more traditionally less politicized Americans to go to the polls, particularly women, which could favor Democrats, because referendums on the issue will be held in parallel to the presidential elections in ten states. It is the first presidential election since the Supreme Court, in which Trump appointed new judges, reverted federal abortion protection in June 2022by revoking the “Roe v. Wade” ruling, which since 1973 guaranteed the right to abortion to American women. Harris made this a key issue in her campaign and blames her rival for the current situation, which she describes as “horrible and heartbreaking.” The Democrat wants a federal law that resume the provisions of the “Roe v. Wade” ruling.
Trump hesitates on the issue. The former president defends having left the matter in the hands of the states thanks to the decision of the Supreme Court, but considers that some “went too far.” According to the candidate, his administration will be “excellent for women, but he has made it clear that he could use his power as president to limit access to abortion drugs.”
International conflicts
With a campaign developed in a context of wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, The position of both candidates is under the scrutiny of certain groups of voters. He republican, who believes that the United States has never been so little respected in the world, assures that He will resolve these conflicts without delay, but he never explains how. Trump has also criticized Washington’s huge financing of kyiv since 2022. Conversely, Harris promised will remain “firmly on the side of Ukraine” and will not be a “friend of dictators”contrary to its rival.
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Although both express their support for Israel’s “right to defense”, The vice president tried to balance her speech by insisting on the suffering of the Palestinians.
Pollution
The United States is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world after China, but the issue has hardly been addressed by the candidates, who have completely opposite visions. trump is a climate change skeptic and wants eliminate subsidies for renewable energy and electric carswhich, in their opinion, harm companies. He has also promised to “drill at all costs” and plans to exit the Paris Agreement again. Harrishowever, is committed to “continue and develop US international leadership on climate” and has supported much of Biden’s energy transition plan. As a senator for the state of California she supported the “Green New Deal”, a resolution that seeks to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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