The Americanist allowed a minimal gap between Harris and Trump in the election results
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- The Americanist allowed a minimal gap between Harris and Trump in the election results
Voting for the head of state in the United States may end with a minimal gap between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris, there is a possibility that a recount of the results will be required. This was stated on September 24 by Julia Boguslavskaya, a senior lecturer at the Department of American Studies, Faculty of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, PhD in Political Science.
According to The Hill poll, Harris leads by 3.6 percent nationally. That lead has grown slightly from the day before the debate, when it was 3.2 percent. The political analyst said there is a chance that the votes of the 538 electors will be split in half, with both candidates one vote short of the necessary 270.
"It was originally thought that the gap between Harris and Trump would be minimal, and everything would be decided by a small number of votes in individual swing states. A recount might even be necessary, as it was in 2000 when George W. Bush Jr. was battling Al Gore. We see now that Kamala Harris has pulled ahead a little bit, but whether she will be able to maintain that advantage is unclear," Boguslavskaya said.
The nationwide rating is interesting because some of the undecideds may decide to vote for the provisional leader, Kamala Harris, she added. At the same time, the key influence, said the interlocutor of the publication, will have a key influence, how the individual states will vote.
Earlier, on Sept. 21, Donald Trump declined an invitation for a second debate on Oct. 23 from Kamala Harris, saying it was "too late" for that.
The day before, on Sept. 20, the New York Post reported that the latest polls showed Trump leading in five of the seven swing states polled - Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada and Pennsylvania - while his Democratic rival Kamala Harris was leading in North Carolina and Michigan.
The consulting firm Morning Consult, in turn, reported on September 17 that in its survey Harris was ahead of the former White House chief of staff by 6%. According to the survey, 51% of all respondents support Harris, while 45% support Trump.
The next, 60th presidential election in the United States is scheduled for November 5, 2024. The final stage of the election will be the November ballot.
