Less than twenty days before the deadline, the final sprint is launched in the race for the White House. On November 5, Americans will elect their next president with, face to face, a former president – Donald Trump – and a vice-president – Kamala Harris.
Did you miss the latest news from this final fight? Don’t panic, 20 Minutes is here to sum it all up for you in his “This is America”!
News of the week
No assassination attempt, big debate or hurricane this week in America, but a clear trend: the race for the White House is very (very very) tight. Donald Trump has fallen behind in the swing states where he was left behind (see our point on surveys below). Back to back, the two opponents are therefore forced to take risks. This is particularly the case of Kamala Harris, who gave herself her very first interview on Fox News, Donald Trump’s favorite media garden. Faced with journalist Bret Baier and during a muscular exchange, the vice-president notably tried to distance herself from Joe Biden, from whom she took over the Democratic torch this summer. We promise, a potential Harris presidency will not be a “continuation” of the Biden mandate. “I represent a new generation of leaders,” she argues.
Donald Trump tried to convince the female electorate in the middle of the week (see our punchline of the week below), far from being an ally for him. But chase away the natural, he comes back at a gallop: his latest outings have been so many opportunities to repeat his radical line, denouncing the “enemy within” in the United States and the “far left weirdos”. On the economic level, same atmosphere: “Customs duties are the most beautiful expression in the dictionary. »
Punchline of the week
« I am the father of in vitro fertilization. » »
Donald Trump releasing a punchline, nothing new under the Mar-a-Lago sun? Certainly, but it really did not go unnoticed across the Atlantic. The Republican was the guest on Wednesday on “Faulkner Focus,” a Fox News talk show, in front of an exclusively female audience (but supported by his cause, it was Fox News). And so here he is announcing that he is the “father of IVF” – without explanation – repeating the Republican Party’s support for this process.
Donald Trump then continues with an anecdote, explaining that he was briefed on the issue last February by Katie Britt, a Republican senator. On the phone, he asked her: “Explain IVF to me very quickly. And in two minutes, I understood. » A father who gets the hang of things quickly, then.
What do the polls say?
Head to ABC News Project 538 for two lessons. On the one hand, Kamala Harris’ lead nationally has not changed. It was 2.4 pts on October 10, it is 2.4 pts six days later.
On the other hand, the battle rages like never before in the seven swing states, where Donald Trump is returning inch by inch. He is in the lead in Arizona (+1.6 pt), Georgia (+1 pt) and North Carolina (+0.5 pt). And he has caught up in the four other key states. Kamala Harris thus leads by a breath in Michigan (+ 0.7 pt against + 2.7 at the highest in September), Nevada (+ 0.6 against + 1.5 in September), in Pennsylvania (+ 0 .6 versus +1.7) and in Wisconsin (+0.6 versus +3.2).
We should care, but no
Happy birthday, Kamala! This Sunday, the Democrat will celebrate her 60th birthday. We don’t yet know if there will be a little party, what the cake recipe will be or the color of the candles. But one thing is certain: the Oakland native wants to turn this (young) age to her advantage, using the argument of old age against Donald Trump (as he was able to do against Joe Biden).
The Republican is almost twenty years older (78), and Kamala Harris has pulled on this string in recent days. Raising doubts about the health of her opponent, she declared in particular: “He and his team do not want the American people to really see what he does and know whether or not he is or not (…) fit to fulfill the functions as president of the United States. » It’s a gift.
To the agenda
If you are a supporter of Donald Trump, come to Detroit, Michigan this Friday. Otherwise Saturday in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Later on Wednesday he will be in Duluth, Georgia. And the big one will be in a week, on Saturday the 27th, with its meeting at Madison Square Garden in New York.
As for Kamala Harris, as we said above, she will celebrate her birthday on Sunday, but she is likely to be on the plane at that time. Before, this Friday, she will also visit Michigan: Grand Rapids then Oakland County. And on Tuesday, former President Barack Obama will be on stage in Madison, Wisconsin, to lend him a hand.