It is less than a month away from the voting day of the US presidential election on November 5, 2024, and the US election is currently in a white-hot stage.
The polls are deadlocked. In the seven key "swing states" that determine the outcome of the election, the poll support rates of Democratic presidential candidate Harris and Republican presidential candidate Trump are extremely close. As of October 4, Harris's average support rate in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Nevada was 0.8, 0.7, and 1.1 percentage points ahead of Trump respectively; in Pennsylvania, the average support rate of the two was the same; in North Carolina, Georgia, and Arizona, Trump led by 0.6, 1.5, and 1.7 percentage points respectively.
The campaign was fierce, and both candidates went deep into the "swing states" to canvass votes. Harris went deep into the traditionally Republican rural "red counties" to try to catch up with Trump, such as trying to dig Trump's "footing" in remote areas of Pennsylvania; Trump actively deployed in the "swing states" where the poll support rate was extremely deadlocked, and also expanded the offensive to the Democratic Party's "vote base".
"Exposing each other's ugly" and "exposing their shortcomings", as the election campaign enters the sprint stage, both camps use various resources to attack each other. The special prosecutor of the Department of Justice responsible for investigating Trump's alleged interference in the 2020 presidential election released new evidence, accusing Trump of planning to overturn the election results despite knowing that he lost the election; some media also reported that Harris' husband had engaged in improper behavior, but was denied by her husband, using anonymous sources.
Advantages of each candidate:
Trump: He has an advantage in supporting immigration and crime issues. Many people have a positive impression of the US economy before the COVID-19 pandemic and before inflation, and attribute this to Trump.
Harris: He has a strong performance in dealing with abortion rights and protecting democracy. As a "new face" and unexpected choice, he can help convey the message of "bringing change" to voters. The US employment data in September shows that the job market is still strong, which is beneficial to the Democratic Party's election situation.
In short, the current US election situation is tense and competitive, and the final result is full of uncertainty.
