Vice President Kamala Harris is the favorite to face Trump (and has the “barons” of the Democratic Party with her)
Kamala Harris is the biggest (and most consistent) Democratic presidential alternative if Joe Biden drops out of the race against Trump. The conclusion is from the “Washington Postâ€which ensures that the vice-president already gains strong support within the party.
The largest American newspapers, which traditionally editorially support Democratic candidates – they did so with Joe Biden himself in the 2020 election – seem to unite in a desire to “remove†the current President from the electoral race. After “The New York Times†, which this Wednesday announced that the President Are you already considering leaving the scene?exhausted by last week’s unsuccessful debate, this evening the “Washignton Post†comes to guarantee, consulting (under anonymity) several “barons†of the Democratic Party, that the favorite candidate to face Trump in the elections of November is even Vice President Kamala Harris.
The newspaper even says that Hakeem Jeffries, leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, has contacted several elements of the party in order to convince them of the benefit of choosing Harris in the event that Biden withdraws from the race. Another prominent member of the lower house of the US Congress, and close friend of Biden, Jim Clyburn, even said that “everything should be done to support itâ€referring to the Vice President.
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Although different “presidential” names have been named in recent days – including by the “Washington Post” – such as that of the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, the newspaper now guarantees that none will dare to challenge Kamala Harris . Especially because, as Jamal Simmons, Harris’s former Communications Director, points out, these candidates (like Gretchen Whitmer) are popular in their states, but their national dimension is unknown. “People want their President to succeed. And the math leads us to Kamala Harris,†said Simmons.
On the other hand, assures the “Washignton Post”, citing political analysts, and four months before the elections, Choosing another candidate represents a “legally, politically and financially minefieldâ€. And the financial part will matter even more than the rest: the 250 million dollars currently in the Democratic coffers to finance this electoral campaign were “entrusted†to Biden and his vice-president, Kamala Harris.
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Of course, there are still doubts regarding Kamala. From the outset, because when she ran in the Democratic primary for the 2020 elections, the then California senator found herself forced to give up early — before even going to the vote — conditioned by the lack of financing and popularity in the polls.
Popularity in the electorate that seems to have gained now. A Tuesday CNN poll had Donald Trump ahead of Biden (49 against 43%), the same poll where Kamala Harris, even though she was also behind the Republican, was better placed (47 against 45%) than its President.
And in terms of popularity, the “Washington Post†believes that the first black woman in the US vice-presidency could add to the electorate that seemed to be fleeing Biden: “blacks, young people and women†. “And some progressives say she could win back some voters who are disenchanted with Biden’s handling of the Israel-Gaza war,†the paper adds.
